Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] the [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 Where I used to live , when they evacuated me the first time . ’
2 Cos it helped me the last time .
3 ’ Aye , ye mentioned somethin' the last time I wis up . ’
4 Yeah well they , they sold it at the wrong ti I mean they built it the wrong time did n't they ?
5 The same story you told me the last time we met , ’ she said with a sneer .
6 Well I think there in , well they ca n't go together , told you the last time you was here , they ca n't go on holiday together .
7 ‘ You still believe I rejected you the first time , do n't you ? ’
8 Leith shook hands with him , but cared not at all for the way he ogled her the whole time .
9 So she told us the last time she was round she was going on a course for that sort of thing and she said now would you like to try it said fair enough .
10 ‘ That lady tamed him the first time he set eyes on her .
11 I hated it the first time .
12 ‘ I heard you the first time , boy . ’
13 ‘ I heard you the first time , ’ her mother said .
14 ‘ Yes , I heard you the first time .
15 A lass in Low Newton hanged herself the second time I was in there .
16 But I still enjoyed it the second time .
17 I said then all you have to do is tell her how much she hurt you the last time
18 to me that 's where they took her the first time , they did n't take her right on the the roads , you know , the first time she 'd
19 He had gained a sense of humour , or perhaps of irony , since Blanche questioned him the first time .
20 And I like Lovejoy , except I 've missed but they 're repeats , but I never saw it the first time .
21 We saw it the last time in action on the weekend of the French vote on Maastricht — harnessing all our resources to serve the viewer and listener in a way no-one else can .
22 As far as I was concerned , it made it the logical time to sell .
23 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 . ’
24 See the towels she gave me the last time .
25 ‘ The map I gave you the last time . ’
26 When she did it the second time .
27 All of us did it the whole time .
28 We liked it the first time , it was a bit like
29 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 .
30 had it the last time .
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