Example sentences of "for the [adj] time [that] he " in BNC.
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1 | It was at Lovell 's dinner-table that Coleridge eventually found Southey , and there for the first time that he met Lovell 's wife Mary and her eldest sister Sarah Fricker . |
2 | It seems to have been about then that he mentioned for the first time that he thought he was being poisoned with acqua toffana ( a notorious Italian poison ) . |
3 | And now , as he entered Lady Ursula Berowne 's sitting room , Dalgliesh felt for the first time that he was in a private house , that this was a room which the owner had made peculiarly her own . |
4 | It occurred to me for the first time that he might not know whether or not I 'd lost the baby . |
5 | On finishing it , had she realized for the first time that he meant to kill her ? |
6 | She noticed for the first time that he was wearing a pair of white , glowing incongruously in the twilight . |
7 | Johnny , as though realizing for the first time that he was still wearing his pyjama trousers , began to worry at the knot in the cord at his waist , the trembling of his hands causing him to fumble ineffectively . |
8 | He also publicly acknowledged for the first time that he was a recovering " drug addict " who had behaved in a " degrading and outrageous " way . |
9 | In doing so , however , he admitted for the first time that he had made " every effort " to obtain the release of the hostages . |
10 | On March 18 Najibullah formally announced for the first time that he was prepared to resign to further the progress of a UN peace plan , the initial aim of which was to establish an interim , all-party government [ see p. 38811 ] . |
11 | She noticed for the first time that he had a slight limp . |