Example sentences of "time i [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 18 ) About four months before the time I am writing of , my Lady had been in London , and had gone over a Reformatory … |
| 2 | This is referred to in the expression the time I am writing of . |
| 3 | At the time of utterance , four months before the time I am writing of , the beneficent lady speaks of the future , shall have her chance . |
| 4 | I pick up the ‘ Glass Dildo ’ photo again and this time I am struck by Cicciolina 's expressiveness . |
| 5 | I have re-read this chapter many times — each time I am filled with thoughts of God 's love . |
| 6 | But this time I am prepared for it and wind the reel — a fast-retrieve model fortunately — as fast as possible , dipping the rod-tip to the surface of the lake on my right and applying a massive dose of side-strain . |
| 7 | ‘ Next time I am taking the air in the palace gardens , I shall send word to you , brother-in-law , ’ I said . |
| 8 | At the time I am speaking of , over and above the crofters with their tiny , and often sub-divided , holdings there were several thousand squatters in Lewis . |
| 9 | Mumith was , at the time I am thinking of , just six years old . |
| 10 | Hi , this is the first time I am posting to the list . |
| 11 | Or , maybe for the first time I am standing there looking vulnerable . |
| 12 | Even though I can see both applications on the screen at the same time I am having problems copy typing the formulas . |
| 13 | from time to time I am having to call on my rusty knowledge of French to make myself understood . |
| 14 | But somehow at the same time I am washing myself — I 'm trying to get the filth off myself . |
| 15 | A day or two after my arrival he said to me , ‘ In nine months ’ time I am retiring from missionary service . |
| 16 | As I said to mama then , by the time I am bedded , I shall likely be too old — or have forgotten what it is I am supposed to do ! ’ |
| 17 | His term of office came between those of two Ministers with close associations with Portadown — the Reverend R H Gallagher BA ( whose first sermon at the beginning of his last term in Portadown had a singularly apposite text : ‘ This is the third time I am coming to you ’ II Corinthians 13 v 1 ) and the Reverend W. E Morley Thompson . |
| 18 | By the time I am sitting down to breakfast I ask myself , ‘ Where would I go ? ’ ’ |
| 19 | Instead we are now saying , ‘ I know this diet and exercise plan is working for me ’ , ‘ this time I am going to reach my weight and inch goal ’ , ‘ because I never feel hungry and I am eating the foods I enjoy , I do n't even feel as though I 'm dieting ’ . |
| 20 | And during that time I am going to work out a way to keep us safe while we complete the job that will make us rich . ’ |
| 21 | By this time I am starting to use other grades of pencil , from 6H to HB . |
| 22 | By this time I am starting to use other grades of pencil , from 6H to HB . |
| 23 | By the time I am curled up in my bag I am totally content , warm and well fed , exhausted but not wanting to sleep for fear of missing these moments of happiness . |
| 24 | But at the same time I was learning the lesson that such behaviour is not acceptable to adults , to whom I presented a different personality . |
| 25 | ‘ Do you remember the time I was staying with you and that couple came round ? ’ |
| 26 | For some time I was baffled by a sentence in his argument that the theoretical removal of the authority of the author by the critic , Stanley Fish , has no way of dealing with misprints : ‘ His book happens to be full of misprints . |
| 27 | The time I was looking for a house , he says it was n't enough to get into Sandy Row . |
| 28 | The last time I was called from here it was a false alarm . ’ |
| 29 | At this time I was thinking of a career in writing . |
| 30 | Not going to school , and having to pretend I did n't live on the island all the time , has meant that I did n't grow up with anybody of my own age ( except Eric , of course , but even he was away for a long time ) , and about the time I was thinking of venturing further afield and getting to know more people Eric went crazy , and things got a bit uncomfortable in the town for a while . |