Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] [prep] the [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 | Quite suddenly he let go and sort of pushed me away at the same time . |
5 | Yes , yes , he was a poor little sole all the way through was n't , but , erm , she does n't sort of tell you much about the good times at the end |
6 | To our disbelief it was really very much more abundant than we could ever have thought possible , so we 've actually been able to find molecules with eleven carbon atoms in a chain , floating around in space , and for which we really at the present time have no explanation . |
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 | ‘ I 've been crazy about him ever since the first time I saw him . ’ |
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 | 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 . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | He looked at Mitch , studying him closely for the first time . |
13 | Her mind was free to appreciate it properly for the first time . |
14 | 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 . |
15 | ‘ I have always wanted to do it ever since the first time you took me to see it when I was young . ’ |
16 | 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 . |
17 | And it 's been such a relief to be able to speak about it openly for the first time . |
18 | He addressed us now for the first time , in far more lucid Indonesian than we had ever heard from his elders . |