Example sentences of "[prep] the first time [that] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her pink flying suit had two dirty orbs where her backside had imprinted itself on the ground and I noticed for the first time that her trainers were at least size 9 ( men 's ) . |
| 2 | As he hung about the Red Anchor he noticed for the first time that its character was changing . |
| 3 | And realised for the first time that my lot as a walker was far safer than that of a cyclist . |
| 4 | In this conversation I also learned for the first time that my father had been a poor vicar . |
| 5 | ENGLAND boss Graham Taylor has admitted for the first time that his team flopped in the European Championship finals because they were n't fit enough . |
| 6 | He looked slightly abstracted ; and I noticed for the first time that his habit of addressing remarks with head bowed — often appearing to contemplate the floor or the ‘ figure in the carpet ’ — had begun to bring about that slight spinal curvature which became accentuated later in life though not without adding to his dignity of bearing . |
| 7 | He must have been about to take a shower , she realised , noticing a towel flung carelessly on to the bed , and seeing for the first time that his shirt was undone almost to the waist , revealing his broad , muscular chest with its lavish covering of silky golden hair . |