Example sentences of "[be] [adj] for the [num ord] time " in BNC.
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| 31 | He held his head defiantly lifted , as if he wished no man to see him in dejection ; somehow I felt the gesture very characteristic , and was able for the first time to recognize his arrogance . |
| 32 | The sliding glass panel was open for the first time ever . |
| 33 | His financial position was secure for the first time , and for the last twenty years of his long life he was able to devote himself to his work of creating a Serbian literary language and bringing to the notice of his countrymen and the world the riches of the Serbian oral tradition . |
| 34 | Lying there she was aware for the first time that night of Maggie above her and Rachel below her ; both , she imagined , sleeping sweetly , and again the grinding weight of compassion and guilt swept over her . |
| 35 | The area was quiet for the first time in six days ’ ( Knopf , 1975:257 ) . |