Example sentences of "for the [num ord] time that night " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the second time that night the prison door slammed shut . |
| 2 | For the second time that night she slid silently in at a garden gate . |
| 3 | Ann 's dragged out of bed at five in the morning , for the second time that night . |
| 4 | Just like a shark , she thought for the second time that night , and the image did n't entirely displease her . |
| 5 | She got as far as the other side of the wide bed before being dragged back and pinned beneath fitzAlan 's forceful weight for the second time that night . |
| 6 | There is no such ring in the Reeve 's Tale , but it is hard not to notice that the motif seems to have been displaced and taken over by Absolon as he approaches Alison 's window for the second time that night , in order to deceive her : A sure example of intertextual inference is found in John 's use of the cradle trick ; he envies Alayn 's success with Malyne , and decides he will " " arise and auntre [ chance ] it " " himself . |
| 7 | Lying there she was aware for the first time that night of Maggie above her and Rachel below her ; both , she imagined , sleeping sweetly , and again the grinding weight of compassion and guilt swept over her . |
| 8 | For the first time that night , he felt lucky . |
| 9 | He buggered me for the first time that night , reaching round and putting his hand over my mouth , tearing me in two . |