Example sentences of "time [pers pn] [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This time I do feel as though I 've gor ra stronger urge . |
| 2 | Now , I am sadly lacking when it comes to corresponding , but that time I did manage to write and thank her , adding that she would always be welcome to come and call if she ever was in the area . |
| 3 | About time I did walk round . |
| 4 | This time I did see because he had uncannily identified one of my private sources of shame and voiced my own concomitant mantra . |
| 5 | But the first time I did use it I thought me inside were on fire . |
| 6 | It did n't , and by the time she did reach the village it was fully dark — and pouring with rain . |
| 7 | Most of the time she did look lovely , despite her apparel . |
| 8 | This time she did get a response . |
| 9 | By the time she dared take another look — this time squinting through almost closed eyes — the star 's appearance had completely changed . |
| 10 | About time you did find something difficult really is n't it ? |
| 11 | ‘ When was the last time you did see him ? ’ |
| 12 | Would give you that continuous conversation , erm where is , is life is it 's surprising how much time you do have to put into it . |
| 13 | Thirty seconds is to produce a film that 's a long time we did talk about seven second slots as well |
| 14 | The night before I kept it hot , and hot , and hot , and hot , and by time we did get it at quarter to eight I says to him , oh this is horrible , this ! |
| 15 | It is n't until ah th , the only time we did have a smashing journey , we went with erm oh what 's , what 's the name of a local firm from Plymouth ? |
| 16 | ( One time we did scrape the black paint off the windows at the back and we served tea and pastries in the afternoon and had no music , but that was n't a great success with us . |
| 17 | It 'll all be forgotten by the time we do go back to town . |
| 18 | But at the same time we do want to be saved . |
| 19 | Just saying br , just saying briefly er Mr I , I had something I do find it most of the time we do find it very instructive and certainly the strength of the economic development strategy is about the partnership and all those partners contributing their particular field of interest and that 's I think is . |
| 20 | Considering the time we invest in choosing our dream home and refurbishing it , security often receives scant attention — and by the time we do get round to dealing with it , it may be too late . |
| 21 | But this time they did turn in between the lion-surmounted gateposts . |
| 22 | By the time Ellwood had done with Piper , got as much as he could in the time they dared allow , Carey had gone . |
| 23 | I am sure you will agree that it is in the best interests of the traditions of our society that there should be these circumspect checks and controls on what a public authority is permitted to do to interfere in the private lives of individuals , but at the same time it does make it difficult to act promptly and , in certain cases , and this must be one of them , one can only regret the outcome . ’ |
| 24 | But , at the same time it does take the burden off them . |
| 25 | By the time it did satisfy the relevant purpose test ( by having acquired the business ) it had ceased to be close by virtue of the institutions ' investment . |
| 26 | At one time it did displace crime . |
| 27 | Though there have always been differences between countries outside the First World , for a long time it did appear to make sense to speak of The Third World , the title of Worsley 's very influential book ( 1973 ) on the subject . |
| 28 | I wondered whether , by the time it did resurface , it might not have changed already . |
| 29 | ‘ Well , at the time it did look that way . ’ |
| 30 | But this time he does seem to have hit rock bottom . |