Example sentences of "i [vb past] [det] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | But erm er so I thought that was er so that was the only thing that I would actually pick up on there erm and the one thing I noticed this time , and you did n't , I mean this was n't the case when you did erm the role play this morning , but this time , and I do n't know whether it was because you had less confidence with what , with actual talking about the product , but you had very little eye contact with Maggie . |
| 2 | Wendell 's voice was quiet and matter-of-fact as he said , ‘ I guessed some time ago that you 'd fallen for Harry . ’ |
| 3 | I joined some time in the late thirties when I was a young member of the Foreign Office . ’ |
| 4 | I was slightly built , and although I hated team sports and games , I spent much time in the school gym doing circuit training and fitness programmes . |
| 5 | I spent much time in that area and I know that brighter things are on the horizon for Manchester and Liverpool . |
| 6 | ‘ I spent much time in the States when I was a girl . |
| 7 | I spent little time at home now , so I was unable to be a detailed witness to the Great Love in the same account-keeping way as before . |
| 8 | I NEVER did find Mr Wright although , following the instructions I received at my briefing , I spent some time looking for him . |
| 9 | Friday I spent some time here , half a day . |
| 10 | Throughout 1969 I spent some time each month visiting schools , and attending yet more meetings in Curzon Street . |
| 11 | When I first came , I spent some time with Sue , she 's the manager . |
| 12 | I spent some time with him after he drove back into the pit-lane and he was very categorical about his decision : ‘ It is simply not worth it , ’ he said . |
| 13 | During the summer of 1971 , soon after the ‘ discovery ’ , for the second time , of my disability , I spent some time in hospital . |
| 14 | I spent some time with another elderly miner in Sunderland . |
| 15 | I spent some time every day looking after her , and the rest of the time with my cousins , listening to their plans for the future . |
| 16 | It is a particularly painful spot to be kicked and I spent some time hopping round the byre and cursing in a fervent whisper . |
| 17 | ‘ As I told you , I spent some time writing letters and when I 'd finished I thought it would be pleasant to get some fresh air so I went out and posted them — in the box outside the main post office — ’ |
| 18 | After finishing the course in June , I spent some time travelling within Eastern Europe and then spent two months in Austria to improve my German . |
| 19 | You may remember I spent some time in Paris — not the most pleasant of times freezing in the snow , chased by wolves and being half-hanged at Montfaucon . |
| 20 | I spent some time in discussion in Oman , not about the minesweepers but about the much more valuable corvette order that the Omanis are seeking to place , and I was given very satisfactory assurances by His Majesty the Sultan about those orders . |
| 21 | I spent some time in Japan . |
| 22 | I did not get a grant for my preclinical years so I worked half time in research for two years . |
| 23 | It was a great learning experience and I needed that time , but I was n't moving in leaps and bounds . |
| 24 | ‘ I needed some time on my own . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I needed some time alone in which to get my head together — you 're very much of a distraction , ’ he murmured . |
| 26 | I felt enough time had been wasted , but time did n't seem to mean anything to Brando . |
| 27 | I knew this time ; I was progressing . |
| 28 | But I saw that time was much more like the growth of Mary 's reputation , devious and ambiguous , than it was like the straight line , moving remorselessly forward , which Western thought has forced it to prefigure . |
| 29 | you know the big spread that I saw that time |
| 30 | The other device I saw some time ago was a timing light for diesels , this obtained its triggering pulse from a sensor clipped to no.1 injector pipe . |