Example sentences of "[adv] for the first time that " in BNC.
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| 1 | She realised now for the first time that she had left her purse behind in Edward 's room . |
| 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 | In the meantime , as I recall , er I I asked him who he was and I asked his wife who he was because he had asked what we were doing in his house and when he said his house , I thought then for the first time that perhaps this was n't who er we had on the floor . |
| 4 | It was at Lovell 's dinner-table that Coleridge eventually found Southey , and there for the first time that he met Lovell 's wife Mary and her eldest sister Sarah Fricker . |
| 5 | Our friendly policeman had gone but there were nurses there for the first time that I 'd seen , and even the odd doctor . |
| 6 | Stating publicly for the first time that the Philippines government wanted the bases to go , just before negotiations began , President Corazon Aquino spoke of " redefining " US-Philippines relations , and of her hopes that the talks would seek " to craft a new relationship , one more equitable , mutually beneficial and respectful of each other 's sovereignties " . |
| 7 | In a letter to The Scotsman , Dr Peter Sanders , the commission 's chief executive , confirms publicly for the first time that the report ‘ reveals distorted representation of children from ethnic minorities living in Glasgow , in special educational needs categories ’ . |