Example sentences of "[vb past] for the [num ord] [noun sg] how " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | She realised for the first time how Benjamin must be feeling . |
| 3 | However , Murray also admitted for the first time how close she came to quitting after Barcelona . |
| 4 | This was when I learnt for the first time how experts conducted dealing for Jim came from a family of dealers . |
| 5 | The bewildered children of his son Robert learnt for the first time how their apparently benevolent grandfather really viewed their father . |
| 6 | Looking back , I noticed for the first time how wind-bent and close-cropped were the cypresses . |
| 7 | Dexter noticed for the first time how thin his legs were as they wandered along the corridor . |
| 8 | As she descended the stairs , she appreciated for the first time how far she had fallen from grace . |