Example sentences of "our [noun] [prep] the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Table 2.2 demonstrates changes over the seventeen years to 1987 : western Europe took over half our exports for the first time in recent history ; by 1987 , the EC alone took virtually half , and most other destinations , except for North America , had declined in relative importance . |
| 2 | After that I do n't remember very much , except that in our ecstasy the fatal word ‘ love ’ passed our lips for the first time . |
| 3 | Neither approach by itself is adequate to take account of the complexities involved in meeting the needs of our children and our schools at the present time . |
| 4 | The next day we spent the forenoon ashore at Smeerenburg looking at the remains of the old Dutch whaling-station , and setting our feet for the first time on the Spitsbergen tundra . |
| 5 | Morrison East is now well poised to make a profitable contribution to our business for the first time . |
| 6 | They could n't be relied on to cope with the situation and our safety at the same time . |
| 7 | God introduces us to our true selves , so that we come to recognize ourselves , and our God for the first time . |
| 8 | I think there are many positive aspects to our relationship at the present time , not the least positive of which is |
| 9 | Resembling the proverbial Cheshire Cat , SDR General Manager Richard Elliott commented : ‘ I 'm delighted to have ‘ City of Truro ’ on our railway for the first time . |
| 10 | Knowledge of this fact , together with understanding some properties of our body clock , will enable us to promote adjustment of our clock to the new time zone and so reduce the difficulties of jet-lag . |
| 11 | It was partly because he was tired and unhappy , leaving home and our mother for the first time … ’ |