Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] for [art] [num ord] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jinny remembered Bella 's words and understood them properly for the first time . |
| 2 | They said their father contacted them suddenly for the first time two months ago after walking out on them 18 years ago . |
| 3 | The figure stopped dead and saw them obviously for the first time . |
| 4 | You did the wise thing , calling a halt when you did , she told herself sharply for the umpteenth time . |
| 5 | It really would be very much more practical to have her hair cut , she told herself severely for the umpteenth time , but the simple truth was that she liked having her hair long , loved the feeling of the heavy silken strands on her skin . |
| 6 | Studying him now , dispassionately , without the emotional blindness of the aftermath of her accident , or the initial shock of finding that he was last night 's rescuer , it was like seeing him properly for the first time … |
| 7 | ‘ I have fished a poison-tongued mermaid from the sea , ’ he 'd grinned , straightening and gazing down at her as if inspecting her thoroughly for the first time . |
| 8 | Belinda says : ‘ I remember looking at her clearly for the first time , searching for that visual connection with my family or her father 's , some genetic connection to identify myself with her , but seeing instead that otherness — the look of a stranger . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | He looked at Mitch , studying him closely for the first time . |
| 11 | Her mind was free to appreciate it properly for the first time . |
| 12 | Leaving Hong Kong had not just removed her from the battlefield ; it had left them alone in it together for the first time in their lives . |
| 13 | Seeing it yesterday for the first time , she had reflected that great tact would have to be employed for two women to share quarters this size . |
| 14 | And it 's been such a relief to be able to speak about it openly for the first time . |
| 15 | He addressed us now for the first time , in far more lucid Indonesian than we had ever heard from his elders . |