Example sentences of "[prep] the first time that [pron] " 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 | Chesarynth sensed it and realized for the first time that what she was hearing was nothing but verbally-trimmed ideas . |
| 4 | It came home to him for the first time that what had seemed to him a trivial event , a stupid joke , was something genuinely much bigger to Andrus . |
| 5 | A month ago he had come to see her and now she understood for the first time that what he had said to her then would change her life . |
| 6 | There was more in this vein as they turned right , and Mungo realized for the first time that they were actually heading into the forest . |
| 7 | She noticed for the first time that they had stopped , and looking round , discovered that they were outside the house . |
| 8 | And realised for the first time that my lot as a walker was far safer than that of a cyclist . |
| 9 | In this conversation I also learned for the first time that my father had been a poor vicar . |
| 10 | ‘ So boo to you , ’ I said to the murderer as I went through the gate — and noticed for the first time that there were no bushes there , just a little hedge of lavender . |
| 11 | I think it dawned on him then for the first time that there were two streams , and that the pond was not formed by Burden Creek . |
| 12 | As he closed the door , he noticed for the first time that there was a star on it . |
| 13 | It occurred to her for the first time that there were a couple of curious anomalies in her childhood . |
| 14 | And , of course , the 80s boom in advertising made the public aware for the first time that there was big business actually producing all the advertising that people see and hear every day . |
| 15 | It occurred to her for the first time that there was no sign of a car , apart from her own . |
| 16 | And he talks of the , and plainly in that erm sort of mystical experience that he had with the Whiteheads , he did in , as it were , come to realize for the first time that there was in himself this desire to lead a life erm inspired by love and guided by knowledge , and to see others leading it . |
| 17 | She had n't missed him at all when he died , but now she realized for the first time that she had lost her father . |
| 18 | There were things he consciously noticed about people which he brought to mind long after he had ceased to watch them , but now he noted for the first time that she had very small feet — they could have belonged to the oriental he had imagined her to be through the sun haze . |
| 19 | She realised now for the first time that she had left her purse behind in Edward 's room . |
| 20 | For a moment she was taken aback , realising for the first time that she had n't explained herself very well , then , gathering her wits together , she retorted briskly , ‘ If you had n't assaulted me and accused me of being a burglar I would have told you that the Svend I 'm looking for is a student who met my sister at the Roskilde music festival and afterwards entertained her and her friends here in this apartment for several nights . ’ |
| 21 | FIFTIES star Connie Francis has confessed for the first time that she does not like her biggest hits . |
| 22 | At last her conscience won out and she gave a tiny sigh , wishing not for the first time that she could , just occasionally , be a touch more ruthless . |
| 23 | It was at Lovell 's dinner-table that Coleridge eventually found Southey , and there for the first time that he met Lovell 's wife Mary and her eldest sister Sarah Fricker . |
| 24 | It seems to have been about then that he mentioned for the first time that he thought he was being poisoned with acqua toffana ( a notorious Italian poison ) . |
| 25 | And now , as he entered Lady Ursula Berowne 's sitting room , Dalgliesh felt for the first time that he was in a private house , that this was a room which the owner had made peculiarly her own . |
| 26 | It occurred to me for the first time that he might not know whether or not I 'd lost the baby . |
| 27 | On finishing it , had she realized for the first time that he meant to kill her ? |
| 28 | She noticed for the first time that he was wearing a pair of white , glowing incongruously in the twilight . |
| 29 | Johnny , as though realizing for the first time that he was still wearing his pyjama trousers , began to worry at the knot in the cord at his waist , the trembling of his hands causing him to fumble ineffectively . |
| 30 | He also publicly acknowledged for the first time that he was a recovering " drug addict " who had behaved in a " degrading and outrageous " way . |