Example sentences of "time [adj] night " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lying there she was aware for the first time that night of Maggie above her and Rachel below her ; both , she imagined , sleeping sweetly , and again the grinding weight of compassion and guilt swept over her . |
| 2 | It was the first time that night Bob had displayed any real emotion . |
| 3 | For the first time that night , he felt lucky . |
| 4 | For the second time that night the prison door slammed shut . |
| 5 | For a long time that night too he had not slept , had lain thinking , wondering what to do , listening to the delicate sounds like tiny bubbles breaking — and then hearing them no more . |
| 6 | I was awake a long time that night . |
| 7 | Unfortunately for Froggy the outsider romped in , the unexpected bonus of nearly £100 led to ‘ just one drink ’ to celebrate , and by throwing out time that night all the money had gone and Froggy was legless . |
| 8 | For the second time that night she slid silently in at a garden gate . |
| 9 | Ann 's dragged out of bed at five in the morning , for the second time that night . |
| 10 | Just like a shark , she thought for the second time that night , and the image did n't entirely displease her . |
| 11 | She lay awake for a long time that night , going over the conversation with her mother , trying to work out what she should say to Leo , and she rehearsed so many and varied conversations that she thought she 'd go mad . |
| 12 | She got as far as the other side of the wide bed before being dragged back and pinned beneath fitzAlan 's forceful weight for the second time that night . |
| 13 | He buggered me for the first time that night , reaching round and putting his hand over my mouth , tearing me in two . |
| 14 | There is no such ring in the Reeve 's Tale , but it is hard not to notice that the motif seems to have been displaced and taken over by Absolon as he approaches Alison 's window for the second time that night , in order to deceive her : A sure example of intertextual inference is found in John 's use of the cradle trick ; he envies Alayn 's success with Malyne , and decides he will " " arise and auntre [ chance ] it " " himself . |
| 15 | When the light comes on at precisely the same time each night and the curtains are n't drawn , it 's clear the house is empty . |
| 16 | I slept for only a short time each night , and I did not eat much food . |
| 17 | Wycliffe said : ‘ Could anyone who knew your cousin 's habits rely on him taking the same walk at approximately the same time each night ? ’ |
| 18 | They 're running late so they 're hoping they 're gon na work extra time each night . |
| 19 | So the man told him to be down there the same time next night and he returned . |
| 20 | For the first time last night , the official ADN news agency published a statement by the group , and a regional newspaper printed a ‘ catalogue ’ of New Forum demands yesterday . |
| 21 | ‘ We had a smashing time last night . ’ |
| 22 | JOHN CLEESE married for the third time last night and , like his previous wives , his new bride is an American . |
| 23 | THE mothers at the centre of the hospital baby swop case talked of their anguish for the first time last night . |
| 24 | Asked how Mellor would now be feeling , Parkinson said on BBC TV 's Question Time last night : ‘ He 's going to face a totally empty diary — and he 's going to have to come to terms with that . ’ |
| 25 | THE most powerful man in world cricket admitted for the first time last night that he is frightened of being sued over the Lambgate Scandal . |
| 26 | ‘ If you must know , I had a rotten time last night , ’ she said sulkily . |
| 27 | ‘ Oh eh kid , I had a smashing time last night . |
| 28 | ‘ I gather , ’ he drawled , ‘ you had a good time last night . ’ |
| 29 | And you wo n't need reminding what happened here at very much the same time last night . ’ |
| 30 | This time last night she 'd been lying in Dane 's arms , feeling safe , secure , at peace with the world for perhaps the first time in her troubled life . |