Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] for [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jinny remembered Bella 's words and understood them properly for the first time . |
| 2 | They said their father contacted them suddenly for the first time two months ago after walking out on them 18 years ago . |
| 3 | The figure stopped dead and saw them obviously for the first time . |
| 4 | Their syllabus should include , on a reading list that would hopefully keep them indoors for a long time , the extensive article published in Mountain dealing with the affair . |
| 5 | I 'm sorry , Ellie ; I let you in for a hard time , did n't I ? ’ |
| 6 | Yeah , I know he 's admitted it already that does n't mean we 're not gon na get you back for the first time you fucking did it ! |
| 7 | Studying him now , dispassionately , without the emotional blindness of the aftermath of her accident , or the initial shock of finding that he was last night 's rescuer , it was like seeing him properly for the first time … |
| 8 | She knew only , as they made their slow way along the beach back to the town , that she felt exhausted but peaceful , even momentarily carefree , as if she had shed burdens that had been weighing her down for a long time . |
| 9 | ‘ I have fished a poison-tongued mermaid from the sea , ’ he 'd grinned , straightening and gazing down at her as if inspecting her thoroughly for the first time . |
| 10 | ‘ I hope they catch this cowardly thug and lock him up for a long time . ’ |
| 11 | Belinda says : ‘ I remember looking at her clearly for the first time , searching for that visual connection with my family or her father 's , some genetic connection to identify myself with her , but seeing instead that otherness — the look of a stranger . |
| 12 | So far they had done precisely that , which made it all the more extraordinary that Julius should be here now , in her flat , actively seeking her out for the first time since he had overridden all his basic instincts and principles and strode out of her life ; away from the disastrous shambles of their marriage . |
| 13 | I think it dawned on him then for the first time that there were two streams , and that the pond was not formed by Burden Creek . |
| 14 | He watched her closely for a long time but there was no further flicker of consciousness . |
| 15 | He studied her minutely for a long time until she felt his eyes had bored into her very skull . |
| 16 | He looked at Mitch , studying him closely for the first time . |
| 17 | Her mind was free to appreciate it properly for the first time . |
| 18 | According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle A ( s.a. 755 ) Beornred succeeded to the kingdom on the death of Aethelbald but held it only for a short time and unhappily . |
| 19 | Leaving Hong Kong had not just removed her from the battlefield ; it had left them alone in it together for the first time in their lives . |
| 20 | But you can get it in For the first time at any age . |
| 21 | Seeing it yesterday for the first time , she had reflected that great tact would have to be employed for two women to share quarters this size . |
| 22 | And it 's been such a relief to be able to speak about it openly for the first time . |
| 23 | The relative value of doing so measured against the cost of the associated hard and software , however , rules it out for the present time at least . |
| 24 | He addressed us now for the first time , in far more lucid Indonesian than we had ever heard from his elders . |