Example sentences of "to [pron] [prep] the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | For she would carry on with her chores and talk to them at the same time . |
| 2 | It was here , in the Syrian capital far to the north of Damascus , that the term ‘ Christian ’ was to be applied to them for the first time . |
| 3 | It says that at least some of the characteristics of this hyper-individualist people can not be explained by what has happened to them in the Ottoman time and since , because these characteristics predate the Ottomans . |
| 4 | ‘ For instance , when you asked the official you met to find you some film-makers to talk to , he rung me up and spoke to me for the first time for years . |
| 5 | And at the end of the class , near the bust of Unamuno , I heard your voice calling to me for the first time . |
| 6 | Professor Ruiperez told me I need not start my classes until I was quite recovered , and the women in the office and the library spoke friendly words to me for the first time . |
| 7 | It occurred to me for the first time that he might not know whether or not I 'd lost the baby . |
| 8 | He said : ’ there is no statistical evidence that is known to me at the present time of people who are actually being discharged from the private sector We do not have evidence to bring to you of a substantial number of people who have been discharged against their will from the private sector . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ It seems to me like the perfect time for a little humour . ’ |
| 10 | Her defiance gave her the courage to lift her eyes to his for the first time , and she saw the surprise and sudden uncertainty that flashed across them . |
| 11 | I have seen him striding through Soho eating a sandwich and talking to himself at the same time , oblivious to the cars and traffic and noise around him , deep in thought . |
| 12 | The sooner I 've seen your grandmother , the sooner I can say goodbye to you for the last time . |
| 13 | A copy of the report must also be sent to him at the same time that it is sent to the Secretary of State , and he then has twenty-one days in which to decide whether he will ask for a review board to examine the whole matter in public . |
| 14 | Perhaps , because I had really addressed myself to him for the first time , he thought we were in accord . |
| 15 | It occurred to him for the first time that Celia would be a bad enemy , just as she was a good friend . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Oh , poor Travis , Leith thought , her sympathies going out to him for the terrible time he was having . |
| 18 | Anne herself found that when she voiced her grievances quietly and calmly , rather than screaming them , her family paid attention to her for the first time . |
| 19 | Her heart thumped painfully as she remembered him making love to her for the first time , the hard , forceful thrust of his body coming much quicker than she had expected , an abrupt shock after all the gentleness that had gone before . |
| 20 | The unremitting contempt had become unendurable , although it occurred to her for the first time that Luke might actually resent her . |
| 21 | The Inspector turned to her for the first time , but if he was cheered by her observation he gave no sign of his approval . |
| 22 | It occurred to her for the first time that there were a couple of curious anomalies in her childhood . |
| 23 | It occurred to her for the first time that there was no sign of a car , apart from her own . |
| 24 | It sounded as though the reality of what they were doing had come home to her for the first time . |
| 25 | Neither was she too happy about the epithet ‘ min skat ’ , which he 'd applied to her for the second time that day . |
| 26 | ‘ If it helps , his fiancée has not exactly endeared herself to anyone in the short time that she 's been here . |
| 27 | My response is not a traditional wind-up speech , because this is the hon. Lady 's debate and I am sure that she will receive the leave of the House to reply to it at the appropriate time . |
| 28 | you might be able to do it off that , you wo n't be able to listen to it at the same time |
| 29 | ‘ But I 'm talking too much — it 's having you all to myself for the first time . ’ |
| 30 | When Elizabeth 's mother and sister had gone to Leeds , Elizabeth and George had the house to themselves for the first time since the early days of their marriage . |