Example sentences of "[prep] the [adj] time that " in BNC.
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1 | We learned for the second time that old London Underground trains never die : they are sold for another quarter-century 's work on the Isle of Wight . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | These remain unused for the entire time that the child is in nappies . |
4 | For the first time that anyone can remember , the Soviet Union has been buying at the London auction . |
5 | ‘ I realised for the first time that I have never been wanted : it really was such a revelation . |
6 | In a long statement read out on television after the evening news programme , the Politburo admitted for the first time that it was ‘ not indifferent ’ to the mass exodus of its people to West Germany . |
7 | In a long statement read out on television after the evening news , the Politburo admitted for the first time that it was ‘ not indifferent ’ to the mass exodus of its people to West Germany . |
8 | Truly to celebrate the sacrament for the first time , and to feel for the first time that the hands were the instruments through which God chose to nourish the souls of his people , could be overwhelming with gratitude or with penitence . |
9 | The correspondence , leaked to Labour 's Trade spokesman , Mr Gordon Brown , discloses for the first time that Lord Young appeared to plan with Professor Roland Smith , chairman of British Aerospace , to hide the figures rather than simply leaving the information to be ‘ scattered ’ in obscure documents in the hope that Parliament would not notice it . |
10 | As I came down into Salisbury that day I knew for the first time that I had been happy . |
11 | ‘ 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 . |
12 | 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 . |
13 | Further , on appointment he had realised for the first time that the eastern parts of the District remained largely undeveloped by the WEA . |
14 | 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 . |
15 | It was at Lovell 's dinner-table that Coleridge eventually found Southey , and there for the first time that he met Lovell 's wife Mary and her eldest sister Sarah Fricker . |
16 | It was when I took my jacket off and stood before a mirror and saw for the first time that all I was was a pair of scarlet braces , that I realised that evangelism was n't enough . |
17 | And realised for the first time that my lot as a walker was far safer than that of a cyclist . |
18 | This is so unexpected when it is encountered for the first time that it feels like a deliberate deception . |
19 | 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 . |
20 | Coming back , she saw for the first time that a letter addressed to herself lay on the kitchen table . |
21 | He said he did not want to involve British troops and planes in action , but admitted for the first time that it was a possibility . |
22 | ‘ So you will not consider me , after all our friendship ? ’ he asked , and Emily moved restlessly ; he realised for the first time that all her movements were studied . |
23 | As the sopranos of the WI soared off into the upper atmosphere he began to feel for the first time that this Christmas had meaning . |
24 | BUCKINGHAM Palace has admitted for the first time that Princess Diana 's marriage is in trouble . |
25 | It seems to have been about then that he mentioned for the first time that he thought he was being poisoned with acqua toffana ( a notorious Italian poison ) . |
26 | 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 . |
27 | But last night they admitted for the first time that Mr Mellor did not refer it to the then Prime Minister , Mrs Thatcher . |
28 | ENGLAND boss Graham Taylor has admitted for the first time that his team flopped in the European Championship finals because they were n't fit enough . |
29 | Anyway , I was congratulated once more and I realised for the first time that I was actually doing some good . |
30 | And now , as he entered Lady Ursula Berowne 's sitting room , Dalgliesh felt for the first time that he was in a private house , that this was a room which the owner had made peculiarly her own . |