Example sentences of "[pers pn] for [art] [adj] time [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , the fact that he did not refer her to a different psychiatrist convinced me for a long time that I had misconstrued the situation . |
| 2 | It occurred to me for the first time that he might not know whether or not I 'd lost the baby . |
| 3 | It hit me for the first time that the bands and comedians were going to be performing here for free , for John , for us . |
| 4 | When my feeble protests were ignored back there it hit me for the first time that I was n't a civilian any more . |
| 5 | It had been one of those deep , deep sleeps ; the kind when you do n't know a thing until your mum starts yelling at you for the umpteenth time that you 're going to be late for school if you do n't get up . |
| 6 | It occurred to him for the first time that Celia would be a bad enemy , just as she was a good friend . |
| 7 | It came home to him for the first time that what had seemed to him a trivial event , a stupid joke , was something genuinely much bigger to Andrus . |
| 8 | It dawned on her for the first time that perhaps the other woman had married for money . |
| 9 | The unremitting contempt had become unendurable , although it occurred to her for the first time that Luke might actually resent her . |
| 10 | It occurred to her for the first time that there were a couple of curious anomalies in her childhood . |
| 11 | It occurred to her for the first time that there was no sign of a car , apart from her own . |
| 12 | It has seemed to us for a long time that something special about Foxton Locks and Inclined Plane is called for , and this is an attempt to meet that need . |
| 13 | And he added , ‘ Please do n't send along the young pseudo-philosopher who will tell us for the umpteenth time that , of course , he fully understands the Bank 's attitude . |