Example sentences of "[adv] the first [noun] [prep] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | Romantic love is the nearest most people reach to the peak experience , for the lover loses himself in the beloved and while he is in the state of love , he forgets all his problems and is happy for perhaps the first time in his life . |
| 2 | The right hon. Member for Lagan Valley said that he was not clear whether the right hon. and learned Gentleman had finished or was still giving way , and my right hon. Friend referred to what looked like only the first half of his speech . |
| 3 | This is not the first time in his career that Mr Bond , condemned for unconventional and perhaps sometimes dubious business tactics , has teetered on the brink of bankruptcy . |
| 4 | The Waterline , then , returns to its origins , as the case study which is Billy 's life painfully dredges up the first scenes of his disorder . |
| 5 | After being virtually the first dealer at his firm to pass the Registered Representatives ' and Traders ' examination , he was applauded by his colleagues only to be shunted off the sales desk into the back office . |
| 6 | For almost the first time since his reappearance in her life Laura found herself wondering whether she and Ross could have done anything to save their marriage all those years ago . |
| 7 | No : ludicrous , he thought next morning , when the first thing in his waking head was the image of his sealion self with a wife . |
| 8 | An indefatigable , largely single-handed , compiler and one who aimed essentially at making bibliographical and other information available , he published privately the first edition of his A World Bibliography of Bibliographies in 1939 ; this work , constantly enlarged , was to make his name a household word with librarians worldwide . |