Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pn reflx] for the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I defended myself for the first time : I pushed him away . |
| 2 | Do I want this job so badly ? she asked herself for the hundredth time . |
| 3 | So what was wrong with her ? she asked herself for the hundredth time as she sat sipping a glass of wine in his apartment in the Barbican some weeks after they 'd first met . |
| 4 | Security said they 'd send someone over right away , and she busied herself for the next few minutes with the half-dozen patients in the waiting area . |
| 5 | They just were n't compatible , she told herself for the umpteenth time . |
| 6 | This is crazy , she told herself for the umpteenth time . |
| 7 | People who hear themselves for the first time on a tape-recorder often find it hard to believe that the stranger talking is actually them . |
| 8 | We will be dealing with all of those existing clients in terms of reassessing both their care needs and their financial ability to contribute to whatever package of care they 're getting , as well as taking on board all the new ones who present themselves for the first time in nineteen ninety four , five . |