Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] the [adj] time [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And just six hours after Chris and Heather met for the first time they had decided to get married . |
| 2 | Though he admitted for the first time he was the author of his own downfall , he spent much of his speech attacking the press . |
| 3 | When the meter man came for the last time he spoke of my aunt , and of the many years he had been to the house , so that he felt himself to be almost an old friend . |
| 4 | Anyway Rick spent what seemed like an eternity before he got the fish near the net but when it showed for the first time it soon became apparent why it had been so stubborn , the fish was massive ! |
| 5 | The make-up girl went to work on me as Duncan and I reminisced about the last time we 'd worked together . |
| 6 | When Anne left them she thought of the first time she had stood on that corner saying goodnight to John . |
| 7 | He thought of the last time he 'd seen Dad . |
| 8 | And we started her off and she went round and as she went past the second time she said I ca n't stop ! |
| 9 | All that mattered was the next time he would see Kate ; beyond that he looked forward with an urgency that hurt to the first time they would make love . |
| 10 | on quite a few occasions , Windows ran until the first time I rebooted the computer . |