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

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1 Anne herself found that when she voiced her grievances quietly and calmly , rather than screaming them , her family paid attention to her for the first time .
2 Her heart thumped painfully as she remembered him making love to her for the first time , the hard , forceful thrust of his body coming much quicker than she had expected , an abrupt shock after all the gentleness that had gone before .
3 The unremitting contempt had become unendurable , although it occurred to her for the first time that Luke might actually resent her .
4 The Inspector turned to her for the first time , but if he was cheered by her observation he gave no sign of his approval .
5 It occurred to her for the first time that there were a couple of curious anomalies in her childhood .
6 It occurred to her for the first time that there was no sign of a car , apart from her own .
7 It sounded as though the reality of what they were doing had come home to her for the first time .
8 Neither was she too happy about the epithet ‘ min skat ’ , which he 'd applied to her for the second time that day .
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