Example sentences of "time [prep] [adj] [noun] she " in BNC.

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1 ‘ In fact , sir , by the time of this interview she was mature in , well , in every way , sir , and struck the Visitor as a very competent housewife .
2 All the time with other people she was acting , confident and charming ; backstage alone , the pain in her eyes glared at her from a bright-lit make-up mirror , weeping at the tawdriness of it all , scorning costume and plot and witty script .
3 For the second time in two days she had been bought and sold .
4 It is the first time in recent memory she has missed the ceremony .
5 It was the fourth time in five years she had been injured in the line of duty .
6 For the first time in many months she contemplated the uncontemplatable , and thought that it might not be so with him , even though her heart began to thud uncomfortably at the very idea .
7 During her time at social services she had overseen much of the work , and had been involved in some of the preliminary work setting up housing associations to help provide much needed accommodation for the elderly .
8 ‘ Doing that sort of time at 15 months she could turn out to be anything . ’
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