Example sentences of "[pron] the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | And my real father — I mean my official , signed and sealed father — struck me the only time I met him as a grandiose old phoney . |
| 2 | Where I used to live , when they evacuated me the first time . ’ |
| 3 | This was evident to me the first time I attended a Karajan rehearsal , and even more so in the first of our long conversations . |
| 4 | Certainly I always tried to remember the shocking effect which the sight of so many old prisoners , some of them bearded , all of them strangely dressed , had had on me the first time I arrived in a main camp . |
| 5 | These were Kirsty 's opening words to me the first time I saw her . |
| 6 | But I have never forgotten advice that my research adviser gave me the first time that I was pursuing a dead end : ‘ It is important to recognise when to quit . ’ |
| 7 | And then he described to me the first time he and Montaine had happened upon it . |
| 8 | ‘ Oliver Craddock wrote this down for me the first time I saw him and I 'd forgotten all about it , ’ he said . |
| 9 | ‘ And then set your thugs on me the first time my back 's turned . |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't usually let a bloke kiss me the first time , ’ she said . |
| 11 | ‘ It had the same effect on me the first time I saw it at night . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ You may remember that I begged you to make love to me the first time , Penry Vaughan ! |
| 13 | It did to me the first time we stayed . |
| 14 | He intimidates me the first time I ever talked to him was in the pub |
| 15 | He watches me the whole time . |
| 16 | It hangs over me the whole time . |
| 17 | Which was stupid — I mean , I had a really good girl right along with me the whole time . |
| 18 | She was berating me the whole time . |
| 19 | I 'm not asking you to help me , but at least you can let me get on with things instead of badgering me the whole time . |
| 20 | ‘ He did n't try to flirt with me the whole time , ’ she defended , and half wished then that she had n't said anything about lunchtime . |
| 21 | See the towels she gave me the last time . |
| 22 | have n't seen him , it 's Dr I think that 's attended me the last time . |
| 23 | The same story you told me the last time we met , ’ she said with a sneer . |
| 24 | Cos it helped me the last time . |
| 25 | Remembering what had happened to me the last time I entered this unhappy house , remembering too that I was an escaped jailbird , whom most of the Frankenstein menage would not hesitate to give back into custody , I decided that the wisest course was to keep the place under observation and wait until I could be sure to speak to Victor . |
| 26 | ‘ He did n't like me the last time around . |
| 27 | ‘ See , ’ said Renwick pointing to his balding pate , ‘ that 's what happened to me the last time I did n't stop ! ’ |
| 28 | we 'll phone Chris and Keith and ask them the best time for us to go when the kids are not there , and she 'll tell us |
| 29 | He demonstrates his belief to the union that problems can be overcome , and if he fails to convince them the first time he 'll try again and again . |
| 30 | Why not join them the next time your barometer begins to fall rapidly ? |