Example sentences of "for the [num ord] time [conj] [pron] " 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 Another important feature of the election was the relatively weak showing of the extreme right-wing Republicans ( Republikaner ) , who gained seats in several councils for the first time but whose votes lagged far behind those obtained in the European elections in June 1989 and forecast in recent opinion-poll findings .
8 Yesterday , in Pittsburgh , she tried on her new school uniform for the first time but she was not too happy about the tie .
9 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 .
10 This is a small amount in relation to our subscriptions which reached one million pounds for the first time but it does pose problems .
11 Her pink flying suit had two dirty orbs where her backside had imprinted itself on the ground and I noticed for the first time that her trainers were at least size 9 ( men 's ) .
12 As he hung about the Red Anchor he noticed for the first time that its character was changing .
13 Chesarynth sensed it and realized for the first time that what she was hearing was nothing but verbally-trimmed ideas .
14 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 .
15 A month ago he had come to see her and now she understood for the first time that what he had said to her then would change her life .
16 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 .
17 She noticed for the first time that they had stopped , and looking round , discovered that they were outside the house .
18 And realised for the first time that my lot as a walker was far safer than that of a cyclist .
19 In this conversation I also learned for the first time that my father had been a poor vicar .
20 ‘ So boo to you , ’ I said to the murderer as I went through the gate — and noticed for the first time that there were no bushes there , just a little hedge of lavender .
21 I think it dawned on him then for the first time that there were two streams , and that the pond was not formed by Burden Creek .
22 As he closed the door , he noticed for the first time that there was a star on it .
23 It occurred to her for the first time that there were a couple of curious anomalies in her childhood .
24 And , of course , the 80s boom in advertising made the public aware for the first time that there was big business actually producing all the advertising that people see and hear every day .
25 It occurred to her for the first time that there was no sign of a car , apart from her own .
26 And he talks of the , and plainly in that erm sort of mystical experience that he had with the Whiteheads , he did in , as it were , come to realize for the first time that there was in himself this desire to lead a life erm inspired by love and guided by knowledge , and to see others leading it .
27 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 .
28 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 .
29 She realised now for the first time that she had left her purse behind in Edward 's room .
30 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 . ’
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