Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] for the [num ord] time " in BNC.

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1 I was in great pain , and suddenly for the first time in my life , I forgot my fear of John Reed .
2 Suddenly , and perhaps for the first time , Shirley Brown felt a twinge of affection for the lonely little woman who seemed far more aware of what was going on than any of them .
3 I then zealous to understand I I er , er , erm sought it Statutes , Volume thirty-three nineteen ninety three edition and studied most carefully pages six hundred and seventy-five to six hundred and seventy-seven and there I found an account of what has happened to Sections two and three and also for the first time light was shed upon Section two A. My Lords , I have from time to time ventured to express some doubt as to whether our legislative procedures were as excellent , as I 'm sure Your Lordships would wish them to be and when I recently suggested in the most mild terms to Her Majesty 's Government that they might consider some form of enquiry into our legislative procedures to see whether as they were as high class as they should be , erm I was given a very negative reply the clear influence of which was that the our legislative procedures could not possibly be improved and My Lords I do really think with respect that that is a proposition which is open to doubt .
4 In the higher sea level of the first interglacial , any mud left would be at too great depths to be disturbed by waves and hence for the first time the seas would be clear enough for reef-building corals to flourish .
5 Jim has been a newspaper seller in Swindon for 25 years and now for the first time in his life , he 's made the front page .
6 The feudal levy now fell into disuse : it was summoned in 1327 , and then for the last time , and probably for financial reasons , in 1385 .
7 She smiled at her stepchild and then for the last time dug her long finger sharply in Artemis 's shoulder , but Artemis did n't flinch .
8 With Between the relationship between language and gender becomes significant both thematically and structurally for the first time in Brooke-Rose 's fiction .
9 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 .
10 This means that at the European Top 12 tournament , which started in Copenhagen yesterday afternoon , players will still be able to use many types of glue — but probably for the last time in a major European event .
11 For as an analysis of the painting will show , many of the problems that faced Picasso and Braque in their creation of the style are stated here , crudely perhaps , but clearly for the first time .
12 But now for the first time the diocese was being consulted — informally , quietly , but systematically .
13 But now for the first time she recognised the chill of fear .
14 I think once more , but now for the last time , I 'm going to turn back again to the preface to The Reason of Church Government and whoops and read you one more sentence erm in which he is apologizing once more for having entered the fray , the political fray ‘ But although a poet , soaring in the high region of his fancies , with his garland and singing robes about him , might without apology speak more of himself than I mean to do , yet for me , sitting here below in the cool element of prose , a mortal thing among many readers of no imperial conceit , to venture and divulge unusual things of myself , I shall petition to the gentler sort it may not be envy to me . ’
15 But today for the first time she was certain that even in Paul 's presence she would find the courage to say what she wanted , what she really wanted , in the depth of her soul ; she was certain that she would find this courage even at the price of ruining everything between them .
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