Example sentences of "[prep] the [adj] time [conj] i " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I realised for the first time that I have never been wanted : it really was such a revelation . |
2 | As I came down into Salisbury that day I knew for the first time that I had been happy . |
3 | Anyway , I was congratulated once more and I realised for the first time that I was actually doing some good . |
4 | I wished for the first time that I had taken that knife and turned it on Nour and let his blood . |
5 | When my feeble protests were ignored back there it hit me for the first time that I was n't a civilian any more . |
6 | ‘ But only because when we turned up at the solicitor 's to work out the marriage settlement — her idea , not mine — she realised for the first time that I was n't as rich as she thought . |
7 | Our friendly policeman had gone but there were nurses there for the first time that I 'd seen , and even the odd doctor . |
8 | ‘ I fell in love for the first time while I was still at school , ’ she has revealed . |
9 | Bernie was speechless , for the first time since I 'd known him . |
10 | For the first time since I cried my heart out in Puerto Rico — I was crying . |
11 | For the first time since I had been shot down I was alone . |
12 | ‘ Almost for the first time since I was a child , ’ I thought , ‘ I am glad that it is my birthday . |
13 | ‘ But for the first time since I came to England in August 1977 , I 'll be hoping Liverpool do n't win again . |
14 | For the first time since I had come to the college I had access to student political material because my boyfriend was reading the posters , leaflets and student newspapers to me . |
15 | I actually slept fairly well last night , for the first time since I got here . |
16 | For the first time since I had to leave home , this is a place that will leave a scar . |
17 | Jan sat on one of our original moquette chairs and Darren picked up the atmosphere and , for the first time since I 'd met him , sat on a chair in silence . |
18 | ‘ Before the fight they were chanting my name for the first time and I could see the effect it had on Ruddock , his head was going down while my chest was swelling with pride . |
19 | Playing tunes that bring a smile to my face and a sentimental tear to my eye , for the last time that I heard them was the day of the first Gittel 's wedding . |
20 | Bessie kissed me for the last time as I held tightly to her . |
21 | Now the editors have picked out some plums to make up a poets ' special - from Eliot and Auden , through Allen Ginsberg ( 'I think it was about the same time that I was having these Blake visions ' ) to John Ashbery and the delightful Elizabeth Bishop . |
22 | At about the same time that I went up into the Boys ' School , my friend Hubert Gould moved away to Bournemouth and my other friend Alf Norris moved from The Friary to Greencroft Street and , as this was only two hundred yards from our house , we saw quite a lot of each other . |
23 | For example , when Perk disappeared she was wearing a yellow dress and it was only after the second time that I realised the significance of Gail ( Perk 's older sister ) finding a yellow ribbon in Mr Elder 's ( the lodger ) drawer . |
24 | ‘ But I came late into the first-class game , I 'm 28 now and I really want to be in the big time before I end my career . ’ |
25 | I could n't summon up a double bass in the short time that I had this rig , which was a shame since , like Hughes & Kettner 's BassBase , the unit is flexible enough to accommodate the idiosyncrasies of the instrument , the primary reason for the onboard notch filter . |
26 | But I 've enjoyed being here , I hope you 've enjoyed it as much as I have , and I look forward to the next time that I 'm sitting in the hot seat ; until then , from me , goodbye . |
27 | I explained that I had not entered at the right time because I had been a hostage in Iraq . |
28 | ‘ I left at the right time as I felt the band had run out of ideas and it was becoming motivated by the wrong things . |
29 | ‘ Dinner will be served at the usual time and I am pleased to say there will be no discernible traces left of the recent occurrence by that time . ’ |
30 | The blazer badge reinforced the ‘ capture of bodies ’ philosophy which had sustained our earlier lives , but was created at the same time that I was compiling a paper for presentation at the national BMA police surgeons ' conference . |