Example sentences of "time that he [verb] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had thought of Harry all the way out of Rome to Leonardo da Vinci , all the time that he had stood in the check-in line , all the time he had sat on the Alitalia , all the time he had stood at Customs and Immigration at Athens International , all the time in the taxi out to the Kifisia suburb . |
| 2 | It was the first time that he had seen his father do anything but ride about and talk to people and sail boats and race and jump and swim and lay wagers at horse-fights on feast days and drink . |
| 3 | In doing so , however , he admitted for the first time that he had made " every effort " to obtain the release of the hostages . |
| 4 | By the time that he had battled through it was too late . |
| 5 | And it was during this time that he had lost his wife , lost his job , lost his sense of himself as a separate human soul , and in struggle worked out the theory that he was nothing but a sick character in the hands or under the pen of a malevolent Author . |
| 6 | As part of the deal with AA , he was required to stay with the firm for the same period of time that he had spent in the US . |
| 7 | It was the first time that he had spoken . |
| 8 | He despised them all anyway , especially Sylvester , because they had lost interest in the only good idea they had ever come up with — not , of course , at the time that he had admitted it was a good idea . |
| 9 | There were questions he still needed to ask and it would n't be the first time that he had taken advantage of tiredness or grief . |
| 10 | It would be the third time that he had taken part in the escape and evasion exercises of the Presidential Guard . |
| 11 | Then he remembered the time that he had walked in on the Politburo meeting and arrested Beria . |
| 12 | By the time that he 'd stepped out of the kitchen and into the main hall , he 'd lost her . |
| 13 | He could remember the first time that he 'd stepped outside into country darkness and closed the door behind him ; it was as if he 'd been struck blind with the click of the latch , and he 'd begun to panic at his inability even to tell which way was up . |
| 14 | He could remember that there was an age for puppets and magic , just as he could remember the time that he 'd spent trying to fan a deck of cards or sitting in front of a mirror trying to get the hard consonants down like a real ventriloquist . |
| 15 | I hope that I shall not embarrass the Minister if I commend him again for his imaginative efforts and the time that he has spent abroad trying to develop inward investment . |
| 16 | He has also repeatedly called for the Union Jack to be removed from Australia 's flag , but this is the first time that he has outlined a timetable for change . |
| 17 | Nurse prescribing will save the waste of time that he has described when district nurses have to go backwards and forwards to doctors , and will allow them to give their time to more beneficial activities , rather than wasting petrol on such journeys . |