Example sentences of "not for the first [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not for the first time he reflected on the power of grief . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Not for the first time he thought how monotonous it was , this unerring selection of inappropriate objects of desire . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 ’ . |
| 7 | The sun beat into the sedan , and not for the first time I questioned the desirability of our climate as applied to automobile drivers . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Not for the first time she thought her father would have made a wonderful actor . |
| 10 | Not for the first time she found herself pitying Sarah Morey . |
| 11 | Not for the first time she missed her husband dreadfully . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Not for the first time she wished she had a car . |