Example sentences of "for [art] [num ord] time [that] [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 | 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 . |
| 3 | She noticed for the first time that they had stopped , and looking round , discovered that they were outside the house . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | She realised now for the first time that she had left her purse behind in Edward 's room . |
| 7 | 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 . ’ |
| 8 | FIFTIES star Connie Francis has confessed for the first time that she does not like her biggest hits . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 ) . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | It occurred to me for the first time that he might not know whether or not I 'd lost the baby . |
| 14 | On finishing it , had she realized for the first time that he meant to kill her ? |
| 15 | She noticed for the first time that he was wearing a pair of white , glowing incongruously in the twilight . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | He also publicly acknowledged for the first time that he was a recovering " drug addict " who had behaved in a " degrading and outrageous " way . |
| 18 | In doing so , however , he admitted for the first time that he had made " every effort " to obtain the release of the hostages . |
| 19 | 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 ] . |
| 20 | She noticed for the first time that he had a slight limp . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | This is so unexpected when it is encountered for the first time that it feels like a deliberate deception . |
| 24 | He said he did not want to involve British troops and planes in action , but admitted for the first time that it was a possibility . |
| 25 | The Chinese government has said for the first time that it intends to try to stop the tiger trade . |
| 26 | I noticed for the first time that it was dreadfully long . |
| 27 | When she heard the voice of Sam 's mother she realized for the first time that it was more than likely that her own mother would , during the course of the evening , make some reference to the dinner-party which , she had been led to believe , was taking place in Pam 's house . |
| 28 | It is the combination of being told for the first time that you have coronary disease with the need for an emergency procedure , for example , an angiogram . |
| 29 | ‘ I realised for the first time that I have never been wanted : it really was such a revelation . |
| 30 | As I came down into Salisbury that day I knew for the first time that I had been happy . |