Example sentences of "for [art] [adj] time [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 Ward J. took evidence on the telephone from Dr. F. , who had spoken to Miss T. in the maternity unit after she had stated for the second time that she did not wish to have a blood transfusion and before she had signed the refusal form .
2 And for the second time since she 'd first met him , he turned on his heel and left her , his blistering words still seeming to echo in the very air around her .
3 The eternal flame went out yesterday for the second time since it was lit on July 26 last year .
4 Well do n't squeeze your nose for the second time or it wo n't come that 's better that 's it .
5 Under starters orders for the second time and they 're off .
6 The alarm clock woke Claudia for the second time and she sniffed appreciatively at the aroma penetrating her room .
7 Yesterday , in Pittsburgh , she tried on her new school uniform for the first time but she was not too happy about the tie .
8 He added : ‘ I made a tremendous start to the year and badly wanted that No 1 spot for the first time but it made me become negative .
9 This is a small amount in relation to our subscriptions which reached one million pounds for the first time but it does pose problems .
10 There was more in this vein as they turned right , and Mungo realized for the first time that they were actually heading into the forest .
11 She noticed for the first time that they had stopped , and looking round , discovered that they were outside the house .
12 She had n't missed him at all when he died , but now she realized for the first time that she had lost her father .
13 There were things he consciously noticed about people which he brought to mind long after he had ceased to watch them , but now he noted for the first time that she had very small feet — they could have belonged to the oriental he had imagined her to be through the sun haze .
14 She realised now for the first time that she had left her purse behind in Edward 's room .
15 For a moment she was taken aback , realising for the first time that she had n't explained herself very well , then , gathering her wits together , she retorted briskly , ‘ If you had n't assaulted me and accused me of being a burglar I would have told you that the Svend I 'm looking for is a student who met my sister at the Roskilde music festival and afterwards entertained her and her friends here in this apartment for several nights . ’
16 FIFTIES star Connie Francis has confessed for the first time that she does not like her biggest hits .
17 At last her conscience won out and she gave a tiny sigh , wishing not for the first time that she could , just occasionally , be a touch more ruthless .
18 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 .
19 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 ) .
20 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 .
21 It occurred to me for the first time that he might not know whether or not I 'd lost the baby .
22 On finishing it , had she realized for the first time that he meant to kill her ?
23 She noticed for the first time that he was wearing a pair of white , glowing incongruously in the twilight .
24 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 .
25 He also publicly acknowledged for the first time that he was a recovering " drug addict " who had behaved in a " degrading and outrageous " way .
26 In doing so , however , he admitted for the first time that he had made " every effort " to obtain the release of the hostages .
27 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 ] .
28 She noticed for the first time that he had a slight limp .
29 In a long statement read out on television after the evening news programme , the Politburo admitted for the first time that it was ‘ not indifferent ’ to the mass exodus of its people to West Germany .
30 In a long statement read out on television after the evening news , the Politburo admitted for the first time that it was ‘ not indifferent ’ to the mass exodus of its people to West Germany .
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