Example sentences of "[prep] perhaps the [num ord] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Laura had felt , for perhaps the first time since her husband 's reappearance in her life , the warmth of a shared companionship .
2 Romantic love is the nearest most people reach to the peak experience , for the lover loses himself in the beloved and while he is in the state of love , he forgets all his problems and is happy for perhaps the first time in his life .
3 For perhaps the first time in her life there was no feeling of restlessness deep in her soul , no desire to be somewhere else .
4 This time last night she 'd been lying in Dane 's arms , feeling safe , secure , at peace with the world for perhaps the first time in her troubled life .
5 By now she was really yelling , letting her natural feelings show for perhaps the first time in her conscious life .
6 FOR perhaps the 50th time since lunch , the hotline rings .
7 He belonged to perhaps the last generation in which it was possible to be very successful in science by making one 's own way , rather than following a standard pattern .
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