Example sentences of "[coord] [prep] [art] [adj] time she " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because she was physically worse after the operation than before it , Rose was convinced that the doctors had made a mistake , and for a long time she wanted to sue them . |
| 2 | She had set off from Margate before eight o'clock and for a short time she fell asleep in his arms . |
| 3 | ‘ She will have well-ordered meals nicely presented , and for a short time she will mix with the other patients . |
| 4 | She hesitated at the corner , reluctant almost to discover that she was now , as of this moment , completely lost in the world , and for the first time she asked herself clearly why she had decided to come here . |
| 5 | It reminded her painfully of Jordan and for the first time she thought about how she was never going to touch him again . |
| 6 | Once the heaviness dropped away her black hair formed into tight curls , and for the first time she looked almost pretty . |
| 7 | Now he drew himself upwards and stepped back from her , and it seemed to give her space to breathe , for she drew air into her lungs and for the first time she spoke , almost whimpering now : ‘ I … |
| 8 | ‘ The day that our papers went before the panel and we heard that everything was OK , Anna walked into the room , and for the first time she said ‘ I love you . ’ |
| 9 | Sung , following her , held out his hand and for the first time she let him help her , gripping his hand with a force that took his breath , her fingers tightening convulsively with every little jolt she received . |
| 10 | A muscle twitched in his cheek , and for the first time she was aware of his tension . |
| 11 | And she began to laugh , her temper draining away , and for the first time she realised that he was frequently doing something which no one else had ever succeeded in doing before — he was defusing her rage . |
| 12 | A frisson of fear scorched down Robyn 's spine and for the first time she recognised the potential danger of her situation . |
| 13 | It was empty , and for the first time she noticed the bolt on the door between galley and main cabin . |
| 14 | She looked up at him , and for the first time she saw emotion in his eyes . |
| 15 | And for the hundredth time she found it impossible to envisage saying no . |
| 16 | But when she reached the office she found concentration to be almost impossible , and within a short time she became impatient with herself . |
| 17 | She went over and over the last time she had seen him . |
| 18 | Often a mother can understand her daughter 's needs , if not in detail at least in broad terms , and at the same time she knows that these needs are in conflict with traditional honour and respectability . |
| 19 | She is God 's creative energy as well as His power to destroy and at the same time she is His saving grace . |
| 20 | Emily felt a flash of irritation , she had insisted that the shoemaker 's daughter take the boots away to be soled and heeled and at the same time she 'd had a fitting for some new slippers . |
| 21 | And at the same time she could sell the emeralds , a task she had been dreading . |
| 22 | She said the word Chepén several times , as though she was speaking to a particularly stupid servant , Tolambo , too , the Hacienda Tolambo , and at the same time she made a circling motion with her hand , ending up with her finger pointed at the road ahead and the jagged peaks of the cordillera disembodied in a ragged mist hole . |
| 23 | And at the same time she was only dimly conscious that the rafts had arrived , and that the men were changing into dry , warm clothing . |
| 24 | Maggie kept catching her eye with an expression of knowing amusement , but at the same time she obviously hated having these men stomping through her every possession and destroying any remaining magic in her secret chamber . |
| 25 | Despite these reservations she thought that it was a good film but at the same time she upheld a longstanding tradition in Socialist Worker of avoiding any discussion of what a ‘ good film ’ might be . |
| 26 | But at the same time she also resented the brother 's dominance . |
| 27 | She suspected that some aspects of rural life would be lost for ever but at the same time she could see that much was gained . |
| 28 | This is what she said to herself , but at the same time she was alarmed , faintly alarmed by the implication that everyone did know such things . |
| 29 | But at the same time she said , Well we 're pleased because you know , he did n't suffer any pain or anything . |
| 30 | But at the same time she felt strangely bereft . |