Example sentences of "[prep] the first time [that] i " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I realised for the first time that I have never been wanted : it really was such a revelation . |
2 | As I came down into Salisbury that day I knew for the first time that I had been happy . |
3 | Anyway , I was congratulated once more and I realised for the first time that I was actually doing some good . |
4 | I wished for the first time that I had taken that knife and turned it on Nour and let his blood . |
5 | When my feeble protests were ignored back there it hit me for the first time that I was n't a civilian any more . |
6 | ‘ 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 . |
7 | Our friendly policeman had gone but there were nurses there for the first time that I 'd seen , and even the odd doctor . |