Example sentences of "[prep] the [num ord] time she [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But today for the first time she was certain that even in Paul 's presence she would find the courage to say what she wanted , what she really wanted , in the depth of her soul ; she was certain that she would find this courage even at the price of ruining everything between them . |
| 2 | But as the runners made round the left-hand bend in front of the stands and set off into the country for the first time she was joined in the lead by Run And Skip , and the company clearly put her off , for she hit the third fence hard . |
| 3 | For the first time she was really listening , not going through the motions of an argument . |
| 4 | Now for the first time she was face to face with fragmented suggestions of reality , distorted perhaps , like the sun glancing on water , but hinting at something very different from the fairy tale princess the child Harriet had claimed as her own . |
| 5 | Now here for the first time she was fighting her own battle . |
| 6 | A muscle twitched in his cheek , and for the first time she was aware of his tension . |
| 7 | For the first time she was grateful for Matilda 's notorious temper , which made it impossible for the Empress to keep her voice down . |
| 8 | When she became pregnant for the third time she was given an amniocentesis , the only form of testing available at that time . |
| 9 | From the first time she was asked to canter a figure-of-eight she knew that one always cantered a figure-of-eight ; and so when she was asked to trot one instead , she became increasingly anxious , excited , irrational , and disobedient . |