Example sentences of "[pron] for the first [noun] 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 | It occurred to him for the first time that Celia would be a bad enemy , just as she was a good friend . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | It dawned on her for the first time that perhaps the other woman had married for money . |
| 7 | The unremitting contempt had become unendurable , although it occurred to her for the first time that Luke might actually resent her . |
| 8 | It occurred to her for the first time that there were a couple of curious anomalies in her childhood . |
| 9 | It occurred to her for the first time that there was no sign of a car , apart from her own . |