Example sentences of "her [noun sg] [prep] the [num ord] 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 | 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 . |
| 10 | He undid her nightgown and admired her body for the first time . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Ms Sultana , 34 , met her husband for the first time that day . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | He saw her as he called her name for the third time . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | She met her aunt for the first time and was invited to spend a holiday with her . |
| 17 | The smaller girl was already quietly repeating the words of her song for the twentieth time . |
| 18 | She was beside herself , shouting at the top of her voice for the second time that day . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Outside in the street I took her hand for the first time . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Hilda left her country for the first time at the age of 63 to talk to human rights organizations , politicians and solidarity groups . |
| 23 | The ball scooted into her goal for the ninth time , and Nick whooped with delight . |
| 24 | Beth never took her eyes off the little group ; Cissie , who was now a young lady of exceptional prettiness and who was hugging her brother for the umpteenth time ; and Beth 's own son Richard … now six years old and growing more like Tyler every day ; and David , a quiet man , a man who was too gentle , a man still dominated by the monster who had raised him . |
| 25 | In a postscript Eliza somewhat enigmatically mentions her pregnancy for the first time : |
| 26 | He had looked directly into her face for the first time and she saw his dark eyes blaze with a mixture of anger and pain . |
| 27 | Their enthusiastic welcome brought a smile to her face for the first time that morning . |