Example sentences of "for the [num ord] [noun sg] how [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , Murray also admitted for the first time how close she came to quitting after Barcelona . |
| 2 | During the headmistress 's speech she had realized for the first time how little she knew of the world that lay beyond the school gates . |
| 3 | Looking back , I noticed for the first time how wind-bent and close-cropped were the cypresses . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | He saw the naked longing in her amber eyes and realized for the first time how much he had been neglecting her . |
| 6 | It was brought home to Charles for the first time how much of a strain the last weeks must have been for a girl of her age . |
| 7 | Sam became aware for the first time how bad he smelled . |
| 8 | Dexter noticed for the first time how thin his legs were as they wandered along the corridor . |
| 9 | His mother held him on her knee and explained for the hundredth time how big the ship would be and how many oceans it would cross and what his big brother would see from it . |