Example sentences of "my [noun sg] for the [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | I was taken from the cellar in Beirut and enjoyed the warmth of the sun on my skin for the first time in a thousand days . |
2 | Dacourt looked at me under lowered brows as if recognising my existence for the first time . |
3 | I could n't do anything about Nassim 's cousin being in Pakistan , I reasoned as I rinsed my mouth for the hundredth time . |
4 | I 'd been so preoccupied with the physical results of my condition for the last hour that I 'd forgotten its other effects . |
5 | ‘ Jason has been my boss for the last year , and as far as I was concerned a reasonably good one . |
6 | After putting up the tent , I sat outside , took the bandage off my shin for the last time , and undressed , before washing myself with a mug of water . |
7 | I could n't wait for the bell to ring at four in the afternoon when class would end and I could bang my lid for the last time before running all the way down the Whitechapel Road to help out on the barrow . |
8 | ‘ Before the fight they were chanting my name for the first time and I could see the effect it had on Ruddock , his head was going down while my chest was swelling with pride . |
9 | Ian Jack , my guide for the next part of the trip , was waiting for me with his new vehicle . |
10 | It was on that occasion — in the strangely bare study of Darlington Hall — that Mr Farraday shook my hand for the first time , but by then we were hardly strangers to each other ; quite aside from the matter of the staff , my new employer in several other instances had had occasion to call upon such qualities as it may be my good fortune to possess and found them to be , I would venture , dependable . |
11 | One Sunday morning , about a week after I had seen my dad for the second time , I was lying in bed when I heard voices in the street below . |
12 | That 's how I got interested in the sport : I read about the first black champion , Jack Johnson and it created my interest for the first time . |