Example sentences of "on [pron] the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ And then set your thugs on me the first time my back 's turned . |
| 3 | ‘ It had the same effect on me the first time I saw it at night . ’ |
| 4 | Returning now to the referral and investigation work undertaken by the team between October 1987 and March 1988 , Table 3 provides some detail about the range of activities on which the total time of 253 hours was spent and shows that the bulk of the activity time was spent in direct contact with children and/or their caregivers . |
| 5 | I kept my eye on him the whole time . ’ |
| 6 | I kept my eyes on it the whole time , he wrote . |
| 7 | Silently she handed him her cup and watched him sip it appreciatively , his eyes on hers the entire time . |