Example sentences of "her [noun sg] [prep] the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some similar process in Ursula presumably explained her willingness for the first time to discuss arrangements for the funeral , which they agreed should be held as soon as possible . |
| 2 | Sheldukher stared down at her suddenly , as if registering her presence for the first time . |
| 3 | Belinda Jones , ’ the owner of the name said simply , and waited while Dr Russell 's sister seemed to fully take in her presence for the first time . |
| 4 | She looked at her watch for the fourth time in two minutes . |
| 5 | She had lain in her child 's bed and become aware of the reality of her heart for the first time as its beat quickened in response to the sparrow 's wild meanderings . |
| 6 | FREED prisoner Karl Maxwell-Smith flew home to Britain from Thailand yesterday — and met his granddaughter and her mum for the first time . |
| 7 | He jerked her case upright , tight-lipped , and put it by the door for her , but relaxed in exasperated pity as he watched her start to check her handbag for the third time . |
| 8 | Seeing his eyes move away from her mouth for the first time since the whole affair had begun , she shook her shoulders so that her full , rounded gourds trembled like jelly . |
| 9 | ‘ She took her insulin at the right time , and ate properly ? ’ |
| 10 | She straightened , holding the small of her back and her bulge at the same time . |
| 11 | Alone , with most of the lights out and the cleaning ladies dotting about in the corridors , she tidied the papers on her desk for the fiftieth time . |
| 12 | He undid her nightgown and admired her body for the first time . |
| 13 | One woman found that when different family members were all demanding different things and her attention at the same time , ‘ something blows ’ . |
| 14 | For instance , when the Yorkshire Television helicopter landed on her doorstep for the first time , it was feared that the experience may be alarming to her , something akin to an alien spaceship settling on to the average suburban lawn . |
| 15 | Ms Sultana , 34 , met her husband for the first time that day . |
| 16 | She moved away from him and went over to the couch she had taken her ease in the last time she 'd been in this room . |
| 17 | Almost violently , she raised her body , ducking her head at the same time , her feverish lips seeking the scorching lure of his again , the demand for his kiss born out of an intuitive need to let him silence her , so that he might not hear the words and other sounds which would tell him just how complete his dominion of her senses already was . |
| 18 | and she was having her drink at the same time |
| 19 | He saw her as he called her name for the third time . |
| 20 | As she clambered over the steep Alpine meadows with Portia , she told her friend for the first time about Thomas and how he had helped her when she had nowhere to go . |
| 21 | Gozitan legend says that a giantess built the temples single-handed , suckling her baby at the same time . |
| 22 | She tried to pray for her father at the same time , but Madeleine danced across her invocation , Madeleine provocative in yellow piqué and high-heeled sandals disrupted her holy words . |
| 23 | She met her aunt for the first time and was invited to spend a holiday with her . |
| 24 | The smaller girl was already quietly repeating the words of her song for the twentieth time . |
| 25 | Violet saw her mistake about the same time as the card . |
| 26 | She was beside herself , shouting at the top of her voice for the second time that day . |
| 27 | It would have been a particular thrill to have met the man who could pen such material , she mused as she closed the lid on her suitcase for the last time on Tuesday morning , but she knew that that was out of the question . |
| 28 | Outside in the street I took her hand for the first time . |
| 29 | I could hope that they 'll leave before dessert , she thought bitterly , as Melissa 's affected laugh rang in her ear for the fourth time . |
| 30 | Horatia 's supposed to have lost her memory during the whole time she was away . |