Example sentences of "for the [adj] time that day " in BNC.

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1 Marie asked Gazzer for the second time that day .
2 For the second time that day , Corbett was shaken awake , an insistent voice calling his name .
3 She was beside herself , shouting at the top of her voice for the second time that day .
4 And for the second time that day , the bride vowed : ‘ I will ! ’
5 The dullness she had felt in her exhaustion became a kind of sickness now , as for the second time that day she once again flew from her own body and split into two .
6 For the second time that day she went to the canteen .
7 The boy was standing there , smiling at him for the second time that day .
8 Neither was she too happy about the epithet ‘ min skat ’ , which he 'd applied to her for the second time that day .
9 John Major shaved carefully for the second time that day .
10 For the second time that day , his sovereign had assured him that he was the only man to lead the country through the crisis and had asked him to reconsider his resignation .
11 For the second time that day I scrambled down the slope of the hill towards the sad little car .
12 The coroner bawled at the porter to follow them and , for the second time that day , Athelstan heard the confession of a man about to meet Death .
13 Refreshed , and filled once again with energy we set off for the second time that day .
14 It would be really rather nice , she thought as she picked up her cases for the fiftieth time that day , if they could all stay together , though it was hardly likely .
15 When they entered the house one of the brothers reached for the bottle of whiskey and poured four large glasses for the first time that day .
16 The excitement of delving into the unknown was mine for the first time that day .
17 He urged his horse on home , and for the first time that day it responded by breaking into a trot for a few yards , until it decided that it was more comfortable to walk .
18 She said , ‘ I expect it 'll be something you 'll remember and treasure for the rest of your lives , ’ and Carrie was pleased because she sounded like herself for the first time that day .
19 I was beginning to understand a lot I 'd never known about before , and for the first time that day Toby 's fatal unthinking words came back to me : " One day she 'll have a baby without ever having understood what love really means . "
20 He opened the letter , saw the name at the bottom , and smiled for the first time that day .
21 Not for the first time that day , the Doctor was to be proved wrong .
22 For the first time that day , he felt the ache of loss , and without real reason .
23 Ms Sultana , 34 , met her husband for the first time that day .
24 How many times have you been walking with someone who does that all the time , regardless of climatic considerations , and wanted to deliver a rabbit punch to the back of their neck when they stop for the tenth time that day and begin the ponderous unclipping of their rucksack ?
25 For the third time that day he called Kuhlmann from the public box .
26 Sister Paul would pretend not to see me as I hung about outside around the staffroom to see her pass by for the third time that day .
27 Eddie was airborne for the third time that day , returning his friends to Blackpool .
28 This back parlour , Hope thought , as he entered it for the third time that day , is like a little theatre : Act I , Colonel Moore ; Act II , Amaryllis ; Act III
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