Example sentences of "she [vb past] [prep] the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | She experienced for the first time the frightening inhospitality of city streets . |
| 2 | She realised for the first time how Benjamin must be feeling . |
| 3 | ‘ But only because when we turned up at the solicitor 's to work out the marriage settlement — her idea , not mine — she realised for the first time that I was n't as rich as she thought . |
| 4 | Speechless , she glared at him , then felt the colour start back to her cheeks as she realised for the first time what he was dressed in , which was very little indeed . |
| 5 | But as she sipped the hot , reviving brew , she realised for the first time since buying the house just how very quiet it was — eerily quiet . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | She realized for the first time fully consciously that she was ill at ease with , even afraid of , very tall men . |
| 8 | When she heard the voice of Sam 's mother she realized for the first time that it was more than likely that her own mother would , during the course of the evening , make some reference to the dinner-party which , she had been led to believe , was taking place in Pam 's house . |
| 9 | ‘ But why ca n't I join Brownies , Mummy ? ’ she asked for the twentieth time . |
| 10 | At the door , she stopped for the last time . |
| 11 | She claimed she had never realised the significance of the tape , which she played for the first time ‘ weeks later ’ . |
| 12 | She noticed for the first time that he was wearing a pair of white , glowing incongruously in the twilight . |
| 13 | She noticed for the first time that they had stopped , and looking round , discovered that they were outside the house . |
| 14 | She noticed for the first time that he had a slight limp . |
| 15 | She came at the same time ; then , as he lay there , quivering in his spent heat , she rolled off him and on to her knees . |
| 16 | She told of the one time when the weeping stopped . |
| 17 | In her bedroom now , sipping her whisky , she acknowledged for the first time in her life that if she had to make a list of the happy times , it would properly have to include the hours she had spent with Graham in his garden . |
| 18 | As she descended the stairs , she appreciated for the first time how far she had fallen from grace . |
| 19 | She exhibited for the first time in spring 1900 at the New English Art Club , an organization with strong Slade connections , and continued to show there twice yearly until 1903 . |
| 20 | She worked at the same time for her own degree and in 1881 took a B.Sc . |
| 21 | When Anne left them she thought of the first time she had stood on that corner saying goodnight to John . |
| 22 | Just like a shark , she thought for the second time that night , and the image did n't entirely displease her . |
| 23 | Damn Jake ! she thought for the hundred-millionth time . |
| 24 | ‘ We 're so lucky ! ’ she thought for the umpteenth time . |
| 25 | Leith had grown fond of both of them , and , feeling sorry for them , she knew at the same time that this was something they would have to work out for themselves . |
| 26 | Only when Bert Rafferty was called to give evidence did Harriet Tremayne show any sign of breaking down , as she listened for the first time to his description of exactly what had happened on that harrowing morning . |
| 27 | She listened for the first time in ages , pouring herself another glass of wine , knowing she was drinking a little too much , but doing it out of a desire to annoy Luke . |
| 28 | She looked for the last time . |
| 29 | A month ago he had come to see her and now she understood for the first time that what he had said to her then would change her life . |
| 30 | It was what she saw as the excessive time and attention given to the ‘ South Bank ’ theologians which she objected to most strongly , feeling that it would only be a matter of time before the Governors took action to alter the position . |