Example sentences of "[adj] time that she [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He seemed obtuse , as she felt by this time that she had more than cancelled out any slight encouragement she might have given him at first . |
| 2 | There are some indications that it was about this time that she began to fall in love with Richard Baxter . |
| 3 | It was at this time that she started painting seriously . |
| 4 | The old man had spoiled her and it was high time that she faced facts . |
| 5 | She was so absorbed that it was not for some time that she realized that the sea on her left was no longer the water of the estuary but had become the ocean . |
| 6 | Ward J. took evidence on the telephone from Dr. F. , who had spoken to Miss T. in the maternity unit after she had stated for the second time that she did not wish to have a blood transfusion and before she had signed the refusal form . |
| 7 | It was not , of course , the first time that she had exercised the powers of Regent , but on this particular occasion she knew that she would have to deal with a new constitutional structure in which it was envisaged that she would merely be informed by the Ministers and would take no decisions on her own . |
| 8 | She had n't missed him at all when he died , but now she realized for the first time that she had lost her father . |
| 9 | She had only passed her driving test after her marriage and this was the first time that she had driven unaccompanied by night . |
| 10 | There were things he consciously noticed about people which he brought to mind long after he had ceased to watch them , but now he noted for the first time that she had very small feet — they could have belonged to the oriental he had imagined her to be through the sun haze . |
| 11 | It was the first time that she had forgotten the place of the Arab 's wife . |
| 12 | It was the first time that she had ever felt sorry for anyone . |
| 13 | It was the first time that she had seen Johnny dressed in full uniform . |
| 14 | She realised now for the first time that she had left her purse behind in Edward 's room . |
| 15 | It was n't the first time Luke had contacted her since their sight seeing expedition — the flowers that by now she was coming to expect had arrived promptly next day , and with them a handwritten note — but it was the first time that she had heard his voice . |
| 16 | For a moment she was taken aback , realising for the first time that she had n't explained herself very well , then , gathering her wits together , she retorted briskly , ‘ If you had n't assaulted me and accused me of being a burglar I would have told you that the Svend I 'm looking for is a student who met my sister at the Roskilde music festival and afterwards entertained her and her friends here in this apartment for several nights . ’ |
| 17 | It was the first time that she had ever told anyone of what had happened . |
| 18 | She was so startled the first time that she said to it : ‘ How nice to see you , my lord . ’ |
| 19 | It was a victory for her each time that she wrested him away from his desk and his teleprinter and his uniform . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm sorry , ’ she apologised breathlessly , so bemused by that time that she had n't a clue what she was apologising for . |
| 21 | The next time that she 'd spoken to her father , she 'd suggested a meeting in the certain knowledge that it would be Joe who would turn up ; and he had . |
| 22 | Joe demanded , remembering the last time that she 'd dumped him into trouble in a Chinese restaurant , but the chef said something angry and then ignored him and so Joe pushed on past and shouldered his way through into the main part of the premises . |
| 23 | She could n't remember the last time that she 'd invited a man into her home , and now it made her feel uneasy to watch Luke Calder inspecting all these snippets of her life . |