Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] the first time [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps for the first time he felt something akin to Eliza 's feelings , as he watched his boxes and bottles winched aboard ship and slowly disappear over the horizon . |
| 2 | Women are so utterly used to working with their own bodies : we are trained to do so from the first time we wear pink-for-a-girl , and a concentration upon the significations of our physicality is encouraged to a far greater extent than is the case with boys and men . |
| 3 | Tonight for the first time she saw him as an attractive young man rather than as a boss . |
| 4 | Tonight for the first time I was deeply worried after seeing the pictures of the attack on a civilian shelter . |
| 5 | Not for the first time he reflected on the power of grief . |
| 6 | Not for the first time he wished he believed in something as much as Gurder did so he could complain to it about his life . |
| 7 | Not for the first time he thought how monotonous it was , this unerring selection of inappropriate objects of desire . |
| 8 | Not for the first time he concluded that the Empire was inclined too quickly to dismiss mutant and alien societies and to confuse technological advancement with civilisation . |
| 9 | Not for the first time he wondered why it should affect him like that , when he himself was fond of Chuck and admired him , too . |
| 10 | As my one hundred and eighty-nine pounds in their six feet frame laboured up behind him , not for the first time I smiled , remembering the advice of the South American Handbook to ‘ try and look as little like a tourist as possible ’ . |
| 11 | The sun beat into the sedan , and not for the first time I questioned the desirability of our climate as applied to automobile drivers . |
| 12 | Not for the first time it occurred to him how vulnerable his position was , and he reflected ruefully that there was probably no more security or protection in the rank of Khan than there had been in any of the various honours which he had received while he had been an intimate of the clique which had surrounded Nogai . |
| 13 | Not for the first time she thought her father would have made a wonderful actor . |
| 14 | Not for the first time she found herself pitying Sarah Morey . |
| 15 | Not for the first time she missed her husband dreadfully . |
| 16 | Not for the first time she wondered how on earth her father had persuaded the children to call him ‘ Gamps ’ and decided that he had done it for the sole purpose of driving her mad . |
| 17 | Not for the first time she wondered cynically whether she craved Tyler Blacklock because he was tall , darkly handsome and unattainable , or because he was fast becoming a very rich and influential man . |
| 18 | Not for the first time she cursed the lack of experience wth men that left her with no clue as to how to interpret what happened between them . |
| 19 | Not for the first time she wished she had a car . |
| 20 | You can almost tell just from the first time they 're doing their marking . |
| 21 | When I took Jack [ Rosenthal ] home for the first time it was my parents ' silver wedding anniversary . |
| 22 | Ace had been giving her conflicting messages ever since the first time they 'd met again outside her bedroom door in France . |
| 23 | ‘ I 've been crazy about him ever since the first time I saw him . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I 've known just what sort of a woman you are ever since the first time I was unfortunate enough to meet you — though I confess I did n't realise even you could stoop quite as low as you have this time . ’ |
| 25 | Ever since the first time she had seen the Hare-woman standing in the Post Office , staring with her luminous eyes as she told one lie after another , she had known that there was something wrong about her . |
| 26 | ‘ I have always wanted to do it ever since the first time you took me to see it when I was young . ’ |
| 27 | Last year also for the first time it was televised by Yorkshire Television . |
| 28 | It 's been a four-hour journey for Fiona and David , now for the first time they meet the competition and hopefully make new friends . |
| 29 | British Champion Colin McRae pushing everything to the limits … it requires rapid changes through the gear box … even when cornering … now in the Banbury factory of Prodrive engineers have spent 18 months developing a semi-automatic gear box … they 're already becoming common in Formula One … now for the first time they 've been successfully introduced in a rally car … with just a touch of a button the driver can change gear without having to take his hand off the steering wheel . |
| 30 | Up to this moment he has always behaved as spontaneously as an animal , surrendering to appetite and vomiting ; now for the first time he makes a considered choice . |