Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [adj] time [subord] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And for the second time since she 'd first met him , he turned on his heel and left her , his blistering words still seeming to echo in the very air around her . |
| 2 | The eternal flame went out yesterday for the second time since it was lit on July 26 last year . |
| 3 | ‘ I fell in love for the first time while I was still at school , ’ she has revealed . |
| 4 | Again , he was teaching in London for the first time although he had taught before : |
| 5 | For the first time since they began the surveys , Dun and Bradstreet report a negative outlook for the profits of retailers , which indicates a gloomy outlook for consumer spending in the run-up to Christmas . |
| 6 | When they went through the first gate at the bottom of the hill they were out of people 's eyes for the first time since they had met . |
| 7 | A nine-year-old , he is the ideal age and will be ridden by Hywel Davies for the first time since they won the 1989 Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup . |
| 8 | After clinching the Bob Lord Trophy against Runcorn in midweek , Wycombe travel to Altrincham today hoping to relieve Colchester of the leadership for the first time since they went top five months ago . |
| 9 | Val left him for the first time since they had set up house , and went briefly ‘ home ’ . |
| 10 | THE BIRTHDAY PARTY , the highly influential Australian band of the late '70s/early '80s , reunited for the first time since they split in 1983 at an NME -sponsored gig last week . |
| 11 | Jacko looked him in the eyes for the first time since they 'd met . |
| 12 | For the first time since they 'd come into the house , Roman turned his dark gaze directly on to her . |
| 13 | For the first time since they had left the house , he seemed rather less relaxed . |
| 14 | KENNY MORRIS starred in his own version of ‘ Lethal Weapon ’ in front of the cameras yesterday as Holywood clinched the Harp Senior League Championship for the first time since they changed their name from Belfast YMCA in 1987 . |
| 15 | In some parts of the south-east , groundwater levels are lower than at any time since records began 200 years ago , with some boreholes in the Chiltern Hills drying up for the first time since they were sunk last century . |
| 16 | And the Tynesiders could be among the medals for the first time since they won the event in 1987 and 1988 . |
| 17 | After Arsenal had demolished Coventry City 3-0 at Highbury to take top place for the first time since they won the Championship in May 1991 , Graham said : ‘ It is no good looking back . |
| 18 | Labour 's positive agenda opens up the prospect for the first time since we joined the Community in 1973 of Britain participating constructively in the European Community . |
| 19 | It rained for the first time since we arrived in Sian today ; There has been a drought all winter , and the townsfolk have been out into the countryside to help water the crops . |
| 20 | In early July the waiting was broken by the excitement of Maggie coming home for the first time since she had left for London . |
| 21 | For the first time since she arrived in Rome , the connection came up immediately and she could hear Nora 's voice , distant but clear , at the other end . |
| 22 | For the first time since she iced her Dad , Jazzbeaux felt she really had a purpose on this dull earth . |
| 23 | For the first time since she 'd appeared she said his name , tentatively , as though in this darkness she 'd suddenly doubted he was real . |
| 24 | A light breeze made play with her skirts and , for the first time since she had arrived at Yelton , she wished she could let down her hair and feel the wind run its fingers through it . |
| 25 | For the first time since she had moved back into the house , she knew she could n't face an evening with Jacob . |
| 26 | He guided her every step of the way , and for the first time since she 'd joined C 's Circus she felt like a woman being seduced . |
| 27 | In fact she lay in the warm , dark grey shadows of her room quite at peace for the first time since she had come to Italy . |
| 28 | Jelka looked about her , letting herself relax for the first time since she had heard of the attack on the Project , drinking in the harmony of the garden . |
| 29 | She thought she might even be able to get a good night 's sleep for the first time since she had arrived at the house . |
| 30 | A sense of self-preservation cautioned her not to stick around , and before he could react she sprinted up to the house , feeling strangely exhilarated for the first time since she had left England . |