Example sentences of "[vb past] for the [num ord] time [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We met for the first time just two days before departure and accepted a murderous schedule of four games in 10 days , before opening against the New Zealand provincial champions just two days after a 25 hour journey to Dunedin . |
| 2 | Paul 's touching letters stood out and they met for the first time shortly before he was posted to the former Yugoslavia . |
| 3 | Yohan , an old man , was moved to tears as he read a tract , as he realised for the first time how much God loved him . |
| 4 | She realised for the first time how Benjamin must be feeling . |
| 5 | However , Murray also admitted for the first time how close she came to quitting after Barcelona . |
| 6 | She realized for the first time fully consciously that she was ill at ease with , even afraid of , very tall men . |
| 7 | This was when I learnt for the first time how experts conducted dealing for Jim came from a family of dealers . |
| 8 | The bewildered children of his son Robert learnt for the first time how their apparently benevolent grandfather really viewed their father . |
| 9 | Fenella took a deep breath and I noticed for the first time just how impressively she could breathe . |
| 10 | Looking back , I noticed for the first time how wind-bent and close-cropped were the cypresses . |
| 11 | Dexter noticed for the first time how thin his legs were as they wandered along the corridor . |
| 12 | Omi looked steadily at Erika for a long moment , and looking back into Omi 's fine , hooded eyes , Erika sensed for the first time ever , not merely that Omi was an old woman who walked rather slowly , was glad of help in undressing , and who , on days when her arthritis was very bad , needed her meat cutting for her . |
| 13 | TAGGART star Mark McManus talked for the first time yesterday about a heartbreak series of family tragedies . |
| 14 | Yesterday they lost for the second time when they fell 6-7 , 7-6 , 6-3 , 6-4 to Todd Witsken of the United States and Jorge Lozano of Mexico . |
| 15 | Yesterday they lost for the second time when they fell 6-7 , 7-6 , 6-3 , 6-4 to Todd Witsken of the United States and Jorge Lozano of Mexico . |
| 16 | As she descended the stairs , she appreciated for the first time how far she had fallen from grace . |
| 17 | I looked for the first time straight into his moonlit eyes , and I saw Perkin the son , the husband , the one who worked with wood . |
| 18 | MIA Farrow 's adopted daughter spoke for the first time yesterday of her ‘ wonderful ’ affair with Woody Allen . |
| 19 | SHOOTING victim Jason Ward spoke for the first time yesterday about his week-long ordeal after suffering serious gunshot wounds . |
| 20 | Forming a club enables them to enter competitions together , and this they did for the first time recently at the combined Hampshire and Berkshire county championships , held at Reading gaol . |
| 21 | However , Syrian officials contended that with the signing of the treaty Syria had for the first time formally acknowledged Lebanon as an independent state . |
| 22 | Robyn clutched the cast-iron railing and wondered for the first time why her legs felt so shaky and weird , why her stomach was churning so violently . |
| 23 | Equally uncertain is the length of his stay in Egypt : Ibn Hajar , followed by Taskopruzade , says only that " he returned to Rum and was appointed kadi of Bursa " , which post , as will be shown below , he held for the first time probably from about 795/1392–3 to about 805/1402–3 . |