Example sentences of "[prep] the first time [that] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a long statement read out on television after the evening news programme , the Politburo admitted for the first time that it was ‘ not indifferent ’ to the mass exodus of its people to West Germany . |
| 2 | In a long statement read out on television after the evening news , the Politburo admitted for the first time that it was ‘ not indifferent ’ to the mass exodus of its people to West Germany . |
| 3 | This is so unexpected when it is encountered for the first time that it feels like a deliberate deception . |
| 4 | He said he did not want to involve British troops and planes in action , but admitted for the first time that it was a possibility . |
| 5 | The Chinese government has said for the first time that it intends to try to stop the tiger trade . |
| 6 | I noticed for the first time that it was dreadfully long . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | In 1280 , for example , ‘ the metes and bounds of the New Forest from the first time that it was afforested ’ were said to extend from the Test westwards to the Avon , and from the Solent northwards to the Wiltshire county boundary . |