Example sentences of "[prep] the first time that [ex0] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ 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 . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | As he closed the door , he noticed for the first time that there was a star on it . |
4 | It occurred to her for the first time that there were a couple of curious anomalies in her childhood . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | It occurred to her for the first time that there was no sign of a car , apart from her own . |
7 | 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 . |