Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] the [adj] time [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It occurred to me for the first time that he might not know whether or not I 'd lost the baby . |
| 2 | It hit me for the first time that the bands and comedians were going to be performing here for free , for John , for us . |
| 3 | When my feeble protests were ignored back there it hit me for the first time that I was n't a civilian any more . |
| 4 | Well that 's what everybody sings to me when them and they meet me for the first time or get introduced to me . |
| 5 | Nigel turned his head to look at me for the first time and smiled in a kindly manner . |
| 6 | Bessie kissed me for the last time as I held tightly to her . |
| 7 | Thus , in the context of consensual sexual activity with a girl under the age of 16 , it states : ‘ Most of us think that acts such as oral sex are extremely serious ( perhaps more likely to disturb a young girl meeting them for the first time than sexual intercourse ) . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Millions of people travel to the region every year many of them for the first time and we want to make sure that the lasting impression they take with them is a good one . ’ |
| 9 | The footwells need cutting and rewelding for a V8 , so it would be easier to repair yours at the same time as , if you buy a new bulkhead , it will need chopping and welding just the same . |
| 10 | In fact I had never even imagined life without fat so it was something of a challenge to create a very low fat diet for myself , first of all , and then for my slimmers — a diet which at the same time as being very low in fat included all the necessary nutrients . |
| 11 | It had been one of those deep , deep sleeps ; the kind when you do n't know a thing until your mum starts yelling at you for the umpteenth time that you 're going to be late for school if you do n't get up . |
| 12 | Where they come into their own , is let's say that you wanted to phone me in July because my wedding anniversary is in July , you could turn to the back of the July calendar card , write down call Ricky Elliot on the seventh , because it 's his wedding anniversary , erm , and write down my , my telephone number and then distressing though I find this idea , you could forget the whole thing , confident in the knowledge that the system will remind you at the appropriate time as to what action you should take . |
| 13 | But someone was saying something at the same time as Lord Boddy , making him falter and finally stop in midstride . |
| 14 | He he did n't make one at the same time as , you know , to actually show the folds and that |
| 15 | It says that at least some of the characteristics of this hyper-individualist people can not be explained by what has happened to them in the Ottoman time and since , because these characteristics predate the Ottomans . |
| 16 | So what was wrong with her ? she asked herself for the hundredth time as she sat sipping a glass of wine in his apartment in the Barbican some weeks after they 'd first met . |
| 17 | She turned to look into Gazzer 's face , concentrating her attention on him for the first time since he had climbed up to sit beside her in the sand dunes . |
| 18 | Val left him for the first time since they had set up house , and went briefly ‘ home ’ . |
| 19 | ‘ Please , ’ she replied softly then looked at him for the first time since he had sat down . |
| 20 | It occurred to him for the first time that Celia would be a bad enemy , just as she was a good friend . |
| 21 | It came home to him for the first time that what had seemed to him a trivial event , a stupid joke , was something genuinely much bigger to Andrus . |
| 22 | The quarrel between faith and unbelief touched him for the first time and unsettled his mind . |
| 23 | I could then have pretended to notice him for the first time and have engaged him in conversation in an impromptu manner . |
| 24 | It was then that she really saw him for the first time and the blood began to sing in her ears . |
| 25 | When she said this she looked full at him for the first time and ill though she seemed he saw in her eyes the full pride and command of an eagle . |
| 26 | It dawned on her for the first time that perhaps the other woman had married for money . |
| 27 | The unremitting contempt had become unendurable , although it occurred to her for the first time that Luke might actually resent her . |
| 28 | It occurred to her for the first time that there were a couple of curious anomalies in her childhood . |
| 29 | It occurred to her for the first time that there was no sign of a car , apart from her own . |
| 30 | He looked at her for the first time and saw the tears on her cheeks that were glistening in the starlight . |