Example sentences of "[prep] the [num ord] time she [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the appeals came when Russia was not yet ready to advance , for the second time she went immediately and unhesitatingly to the aid of her allies . |
| 2 | For the second time she had burned her boats . |
| 3 | For the first time she paraded her new team . |
| 4 | When the arms reached up and her head bent to the face , for the first time she kissed and was kissed . |
| 5 | Then , for the first time she noticed how clumsy they were — they kept bumping into each other . |
| 6 | It was empty , and for the first time she noticed the bolt on the door between galley and main cabin . |
| 7 | Not for the first time she cursed the lack of experience wth men that left her with no clue as to how to interpret what happened between them . |
| 8 | For the first time she realised that Deana Davenport 's jealous bitterness was n't the real danger . |
| 9 | And she began to laugh , her temper draining away , and for the first time she realised that he was frequently doing something which no one else had ever succeeded in doing before — he was defusing her rage . |
| 10 | For the first time she realised it was n't going to be that easy . |
| 11 | It reminded her painfully of Jordan and for the first time she thought about how she was never going to touch him again . |
| 12 | Not for the first time she thought her father would have made a wonderful actor . |
| 13 | But now for the first time she recognised the chill of fear . |
| 14 | A frisson of fear scorched down Robyn 's spine and for the first time she recognised the potential danger of her situation . |
| 15 | Not for the first time she wished she had a car . |
| 16 | She hesitated at the corner , reluctant almost to discover that she was now , as of this moment , completely lost in the world , and for the first time she asked herself clearly why she had decided to come here . |
| 17 | For the first time she felt the stirrings of something like power . |
| 18 | For the first time she felt a faint stirring of compassion for her own mother , whose obsession with her appearance , shopping , flirtation and gossip Julia had despised for as long as she could remember . |
| 19 | For the first time she felt as though he was a stranger . |
| 20 | For the first time she seemed to look at him . |
| 21 | For the first time she began to wonder if she was to be given leadership beyond the context of Africa . |
| 22 | For the first time she began to wonder if she 'd been foolhardy — no matter how strong her desire to get away , she should n't have put her own safety at risk . |
| 23 | For the first time she regretted being an identical twin ; none of this would have happened if she and Dana had been ordinary sisters , but then you might never have met Roman Wyatt , her subconscious whispered . |
| 24 | For the first time she saw the red tin container he had been hiding behind his back . |
| 25 | For the first time she saw through his mask of precocious intelligence and saw how vulnerable he was , how frail in spite of all . |
| 26 | For the first time she saw small lines of weariness grooving the side of his well-shaped mouth , as his shoulders flexed beneath her gaze . |
| 27 | Tonight for the first time she saw him as an attractive young man rather than as a boss . |
| 28 | She looked up at him , and for the first time she saw emotion in his eyes . |
| 29 | For the first time she had met him a flush darkened the back of his neck . |
| 30 | ‘ The day that our papers went before the panel and we heard that everything was OK , Anna walked into the room , and for the first time she said ‘ I love you . ’ |