Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] the [adj] time " in BNC.
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1 | With revenues plummeting , airlines clamoured for government support to help them through the bad times . |
2 | Offering the blond English boy — the one I was throwing water at now — half my lunch , and sitting there full of gratitude because he smiled , because he liked the taste of the piece of chicken dipped in cumin and saffron and he had smiled at me for the first time . |
3 | ‘ 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 . |
4 | And at the end of the class , near the bust of Unamuno , I heard your voice calling to me for the first time . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | As the white cliffs of Dover receded and the coast of France drew near , the inimitable excitement of ‘ abroad ’ took hold of me for the first time — the only really positive emotion I had felt for twenty-six months . |
7 | He saw me for the first time . |
8 | At once she burst into tears and hugging me for the first time in years ( it seemed ) , cried , ‘ If only I had their faith ! ’ |
9 | Nigel turned his head to look at me for the first time and smiled in a kindly manner . |
10 | It occurred to me for the first time that he might not know whether or not I 'd lost the baby . |
11 | He glared up at me as though seeing me for the first time . |
12 | Suddenly , looking at me for the first time , ‘ Tell me , ’ she said , ‘ oh , tell me — what are you in ? ’ |
13 | Within a few days of seeing me for the first time , he summoned me once again to tell me that the Labour Party did not wish to continue with the action . |
14 | Just then he noticed me for the first time . |
15 | He looked at me for the first time when I said this . |
16 | It hit me for the first time that the bands and comedians were going to be performing here for free , for John , for us . |
17 | When my feeble protests were ignored back there it hit me for the first time that I was n't a civilian any more . |
18 | As she did so she seemed to notice me for the first time . |
19 | He nodded and he looked at me for the first time . |
20 | He looks at me for the first time . |
21 | He buggered me for the first time that night , reaching round and putting his hand over my mouth , tearing me in two . |
22 | Well that 's what everybody sings to me when them and they meet me for the first time or get introduced to me . |
23 | I now see that Travis is so smitten that he would n't accept anything but that , meeting me for the first time when I called at your apartment , you at once became very much attracted to me . |
24 | I did the business with my camera , now there was plenty of light with the barn doors open , and was in the process of replacing the tarpaulin when the alarm bells went off and scared the hell out of me for the second time in five minutes . |
25 | As we pass the top of the stairs the thought hits me for the thousandth time . |
26 | Bessie kissed me for the last time as I held tightly to her . |
27 | Even so I did not expect my feet to be trouble-free after using them for the first time on a full day 's hiking in the Purbeck Hills . |
28 | At present , Akeakamai can understand sentences of up to five words , and can understand commands even when hearing them for the first time . |
29 | Swan 's ‘ guest ’ ( ie , unpaid ) lecturers are academics singing for their supper and for the chance to revisit sites and monuments , or sometimes visit them for the first time . |
30 | The species are ‘ christened ’ when a scientist describes them for the first time , illustrates their peculiarities and publishes the name in a scientific journal . |