Example sentences of "this time i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This time I chanced upon a passage where the writer was awakened from his narcotic slumbers by a knocking at his cottage door : |
| 2 | Picking up the rod determined not to make a hash of it this time I engaged the bail arm and belted the take . |
| 3 | This time I pressed her — had she really measured the two swatches ? |
| 4 | At this time I remember too the widely reported story I had once thought apocryphal but now know to be in Dr. Ronald Glasser 's The Body is the Hero . |
| 5 | But this time I asked for Nurse Sally , the hyperactive Mrs Cody 's minder . |
| 6 | And during all this time I kept getting flashing pictures in my mind of Chantal , like a magic lantern slide . |
| 7 | ‘ By this time I had waited about 15 minutes hanging on the phone and the clerk had not confirmed any booking . ’ |
| 8 | By this time I had developed a gut feeling for the topography of the island . |
| 9 | THIRTY-FIVE years later , as these thoughts of my encounters with men in uniform flashed through my mind , the colonel , who by this time I had succeeded in recognising as another former classmate , said to me : ‘ Come and have a coffee ! ’ |
| 10 | However , by this time I had outgrown my adolescent appetite for being shocked and had acquired some knowledge of parapsychology . |
| 11 | Now , I am so thankful I stayed longer , for in this time I had an unforgettable experience . |
| 12 | All this time I had been followed by a police car which now stopped . |
| 13 | ‘ By this time I had already been fooling around with sound on sound recording , and then in 1971 some aunt that I never even knew left a small house to me and my two brothers . |
| 14 | By this time I had begun to learn braille and a more constructive use of my white stick , other than tripping up people who got in my way . |
| 15 | During this time I had my first experience with a knitting machine . |
| 16 | Around this time I had three young ready for release from my original pair , Barny and Mrs Barny . |
| 17 | The surprise and shock registered yet again on Ewen 's face were so real that even I , if this time I had not known better , would have thought them genuine . |
| 18 | ‘ This time I had a crush on a woman at work , ’ he said . |
| 19 | This time I had taken the precaution of tipping off the organizers in advance and swearing them to silence . |
| 20 | By this time I had a pretty firm image of the tables in my mind . |
| 21 | He was his own father down there and it was that night again when Francis said to me , ‘ Do n't go , ’ and this time I had n't . |
| 22 | About this time I had , by a certain wicked attempt — for I had a bold heart which rather put me upon courting than avoiding danger — set a hornet 's nest about my ears so I thought it better to remove myself to France and be a little more discreet in my armours . |
| 23 | All this time I had had to try hard not to think of what my parents must have been feeling about my going away . |
| 24 | This time I had to take a double dose to return to my old shape . |
| 25 | There was other stuff in similar vein but by this time I had my hand on the Yale latch and was opening the door . |
| 26 | By this time I had joined the Scouts and had reached the dizzy heights of Patrol Leader . |
| 27 | By this time I had released both canoe and paddle as I was much more concerned about my own safety than anything else . |
| 28 | All this time I said nothing to anyone of what I truly felt . |
| 29 | but I said no , this time I said |
| 30 | ‘ This time I told them I was available but , quite frankly , I have n't been asked , ’ he says . |