Example sentences of "the [adv] [adj] time he " in BNC.

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1 The memories were vague and dream-like , not associated with the world in which he now lived , but he was well aware that the relatively brief time he spent on the island had changed his life irreversibly .
2 On that night he watched himself in the mirror all night , and for the very first time he was the one who asked for things and who made things happen in the order that he wanted them to .
3 His mouth closed over hers again , the touch of it as intoxicating as it had been the very first time he had kissed her .
4 He was brilliant the very first time he ran .
5 The narrator , waxing enthusiastic at this reception , contrived to relate how the fisherman took ‘ Old Charley ’ in his boat the Irene round the foreland to Margate the very last time he came down to Broadstairs .
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