Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] the first [noun sg] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | It occurred to me for the first time that he might not know whether or not I 'd lost the baby . |
| 2 | It hit me for the first time that the bands and comedians were going to be performing here for free , for John , for us . |
| 3 | When my feeble protests were ignored back there it hit me for the first time that I was n't a civilian any more . |
| 4 | How certain are you in the first place that it 's a scentmaker ? ’ |
| 5 | If nobody damn well tells them in the first place that they can opt out then they ca n't opt out can they ? |
| 6 | It occurred to him for the first time that Celia would be a bad enemy , just as she was a good friend . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | It dawned on her for the first time that perhaps the other woman had married for money . |
| 9 | The unremitting contempt had become unendurable , although it occurred to her for the first time that Luke might actually resent her . |
| 10 | It occurred to her for the first time that there were a couple of curious anomalies in her childhood . |
| 11 | It occurred to her for the first time that there was no sign of a car , apart from her own . |
| 12 | He had adopted his slighting manner , he knew , to protect himself from the attraction which she had possessed for him from the first moment that he had seen her . |
| 13 | I realized I would need to convince them at the first opportunity that I was primarily a practical policeman and not an academic ; and I also noted that while the college was keen to list the academic qualifications of those on the course , the participants quickly justified Lewis 's assertions by playing them down to emphasize their history of praxis and practical mastery . |
| 14 | Now , is there anything in the first paragraph that anybody thinks raises an evidential point ? |