Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.

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31 As she did so she seemed to notice me for the first time .
32 He nodded and he looked at me for the first time .
33 He looks at me for the first time .
34 He buggered me for the first time that night , reaching round and putting his hand over my mouth , tearing me in two .
35 Well that 's what everybody sings to me when them and they meet me for the first time or get introduced to me .
36 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 .
37 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 .
38 As we pass the top of the stairs the thought hits me for the thousandth time .
39 Bessie kissed me for the last time as I held tightly to her .
40 He then delivered a heavy hint of the need for reform : ‘ We know the Germans , we 've known them for a long time .
41 We 've already been working closely with them for a long time because of the shared ownership .
42 Have n't seen them for a long time .
43 She looked at them for a long time .
44 ‘ He stands and looks at them for a long time .
45 I have n't seen one of them for a long time
46 I had to work on them for a long time .
47 I 've been after them for a long time and I 'll get them for this . ’
48 ‘ You do n't get over disliking someone simply because you have n't seen them for a long time . ’
49 Your father , and Elizabeth and the others , are very worried about you , because you have not visited them for a long time .
50 But I do n't think people , some people like you to chat with them for a long time , other people they just like you to serve the , so they can go .
51 But because mistakes are expensive and we have to live with them for a long time we tend to play safe and go for rather bland schemes .
52 I hope that he learns them well , because he will need to deploy them for a long time .
53 ‘ I have n't done any of them for a long time .
54 Well say hello to them for us cos we have n't seen them for a long time .
55 I have n't had one of them for a long time .
56 Could do with one of them for a long time , could n't I ?
57 Most fish would not be seriously affected by temperatures somewhat outside this range especially if only exposed to them for a short time .
58 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 .
59 At present , Akeakamai can understand sentences of up to five words , and can understand commands even when hearing them for the first time .
60 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 .
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