Example sentences of "the first time [prep] his life " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rubberneck , for the first time of his life ( he no longer wished to be a part , not when people fought as animals ) , felt close to God . |
| 2 | I wonder what happened to all the sanctimonious talk about putting his family first for the first time in his life ? |
| 3 | It was a crash course in survival , and in learning how to get on with people ; but when he made friends there , he knew , probably for the first time in his life , that he was liked for who he was and not what he was . |
| 4 | One young farmer , Shermani Yussef , said that for the first time in his life he had been forced to lease some of his land to cover his losses . |
| 5 | A high-ranking Saudi , carrying a gun for the first time in his life , said it was for use not against Iraqis but against ‘ certain other nationalities ’ . |
| 6 | He needed to do just that , for he was tired , morose and bitter and , for the first time in his life , feeling very insecure . |
| 7 | To his pleasant surprise he discovered that he was now able to think with an objective clarity which stemmed from the knowledge that he was now free for the first time in his life to speak his mind without fear or favour . |
| 8 | For the first time in his life he was free from corporate restraints , to say what he really thought . |
| 9 | He wanted to bask in the developing closeness he and Jordan were enjoying , surfing sensorial highs , and being utterly open , perhaps for the first time in his life . |
| 10 | Less publicity shy was Stephen Quinn , publishing director of Vogue , the fashion magazine , who had voted Conservative for the first time in his life . |
| 11 | Nicky responded because , probably for the first time in his life , someone had shown trust in him and had treated him with respect . |
| 12 | He was wearing a tie for the first time in his life . |
| 13 | After all , if you had asked him , Boy would probably have said for the first time in his life , yes , thank you I am very happy . |
| 14 | As late as November 1927 he was revising poems for inclusion in Winter Words , the book with which he intended to mark his 90th birthday , but on 11 December , as Professor Millgate writes , ‘ he found himself , for the first time in his life , quite unable to work ’ . |
| 15 | He would , he realized , for the first time in his life have a socially acceptable problem . |
| 16 | Romantic love is the nearest most people reach to the peak experience , for the lover loses himself in the beloved and while he is in the state of love , he forgets all his problems and is happy for perhaps the first time in his life . |
| 17 | For the first time in his life he was aware of a blissful inner peace . |
| 18 | For the first time in his life Karelius realized how narrow was the gap separating him from his pagan ancestors , the Germanic warriors of a thousand years before . |
| 19 | For the first time in his life he had physically felt the colour drain from his face . |
| 20 | What they had n't realized was that this was a new Linford , stronger , fitter , faster than ever before and running in really ideal conditions for the first time in his life . |
| 21 | It was the first time in his life that he had slept out of doors ; as a boy , he and Jean-Paul had often pleaded to do this , and it had always been forbidden . |
| 22 | For the first time in his life , Jonadab Oaks was the only man in the house . |
| 23 | Dale Gordon set foot in Scotland for the first time in his life yesterday to complete a £1.2 million move from Norwich to Rangers — took one look at the imposing new-look Ibrox which will become his home and admitted : ‘ I 'm gobsmacked ! ’ |
| 24 | For the first time in his life Brian did not want to be left alone with Celia . |
| 25 | And yet , in spite of the fatigue , he felt , good , as if for the first time in his life he had really stretched himself and grown up . |
| 26 | For the first time in his life , he really looked at his son , weighing up this product of the first six months of marriage before disillusionment set in . |
| 27 | Nevertheless , it was a worrying period , and for the first time in his life he occasionally resorted to taking one of my sleeping-tablets . |
| 28 | Once out of Leopold 's sight , Wolfgang began to enjoy himself without restriction , possibly for the first time in his life . |
| 29 | A chapel-reared Cornish boy , he was far from home , working in Salisbury , drinking in pubs for the first time in his life , sleeping rough in a wood . |
| 30 | If he were careful , he could survive for years and , for the first time in his life , do exactly what he wanted . |