Example sentences of "n't [verb] the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the promenade bus-shelter they broke the window they had n't broken the last time they 'd visited it . |
| 2 | B : [ pragmatically interpreted particle ] the milkman came at some time prior to the time of speaking Yet it is clear to native speakers that what would ordinarily be communicated by such an exchange involves considerably more , along the lines of the italicized material in ( 3 ) : ( 3 ) A : Do you have the ability to tell me the time of the present moment , as standardly indicated on a watch , and if so please do so tell me B : No I do n't know the exact time of the present moment , but I can provide some information from which you may be able to deduce the approximate time , namely the milkman has come ( see R. Lakoff , 1973a ; Smith & Wilson , 1979 : 172ff for a discussion of such examples ) . |
| 3 | I do all the things I did n't do the first time . |
| 4 | If the ruse did n't work the first time , it invariably did on the second occasion . |
| 5 | Well the reality is of course that Clare has already told us that internment did n't work the last time , it was badly done the last time . |
| 6 | I do n't know how much of it I remembered , cos I 've seen it so often now , mm , ca n't remember the first time I saw it Did n't know . |
| 7 | Erm when we were telephoned at home and called out to report to Police Station erm I ca n't remember the exact time that we got to Police Station and it would have been er somewhere in the region of four o'clock in the morning . |
| 8 | ‘ From having literally dozens of fractures she progressed so much I ca n't remember the last time she had one . ’ |
| 9 | I ca n't remember the last time I enjoyed myself as much . |
| 10 | I could n't remember the last time he 'd shown me so much affection . |
| 11 | ‘ I ca n't remember the last time I had a holiday although I go abroad to work . |
| 12 | Transfer-listed Davenport could n't remember the last time he 'd played alongside deadly Don in the league . |
| 13 | In fact I ca n't remember the last time . |
| 14 | It tasted dry , like pasteboard , but it was food and I could n't remember the last time I had eaten . |
| 15 | Blake could n't remember the last time he had sat down . |
| 16 | She could n't remember the last time that she 'd invited a man into her home , and now it made her feel uneasy to watch Luke Calder inspecting all these snippets of her life . |
| 17 | ‘ I ca n't remember the last time I jumped that sort of height but today 's performance does n't concern me . |
| 18 | ‘ I ca n't remember the last time I enjoyed racing like that , ’ a jubilant Mansell told reporters . |
| 19 | Well as usual we could n't remember the last time you came , I was trying to think the last time |
| 20 | that 's what I said to Ron , I mean I 've never known I ca n't remember the last time I when I used to work for Colin for ten years trying to get a holiday out of Colin was like trying to get blood ! |
| 21 | I ca n't remember the last time I can I ? |
| 22 | I know I wondered what happened there , I thought maybe it was the cleaners trying to hoover behind I really ought to change my bed clothes but I do n't remember the last time I did it |
| 23 | And the ones who have n't had the bad time might well be suffering because they 're not being allowed the benefits of hormone replacement therapy . |
| 24 | Yeah , but then , yeah , the modules then do n't follow the same time periods . |
| 25 | And he wo n't miss the second time . |
| 26 | This old woman do n't hear the first time , and when I say it again , she just says yes and walks away . |
| 27 | Just in case you did n't hear the first time . |
| 28 | Mary did n't resist the first time — did n't resist when he kissed her and she felt the strange , hard stubble on his face , nor when he moved on her , not even when he hurt her . |
| 29 | There are so many versions of it already , and now does n't seem the right time to do it — I think I would rather wait until I was more established , and have something different to say about it . ’ |