Example sentences of "[prep] the first [noun sg] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | I noticed for the first rime that there was a little hole in the door . |
| 2 | Madam may feel that having spent so much time in custody for the first offence that he has already suffered sufficient punishment , he 's been kept away from his girlfriend and children , and under those circumstances I would urge you Madam to take a lenient course of action , to make him the subject of a conditional discharge . |
| 3 | 2 A 2% discount for the first year that 's 5.99% , typical APR 8.2% |
| 4 | Having considered the potential benefits of offering discounts for full payment of Council Tax the Council has decided for the first year that it is not beneficial and that therefore no discounts will be offered for full payment . |
| 5 | For the first time that anyone can remember , the Soviet Union has been buying at the London auction . |
| 6 | ‘ I realised for the first time that I have never been wanted : it really was such a revelation . |
| 7 | In a long statement read out on television after the evening news programme , the Politburo admitted for the first time that it was ‘ not indifferent ’ to the mass exodus of its people to West Germany . |
| 8 | In a long statement read out on television after the evening news , the Politburo admitted for the first time that it was ‘ not indifferent ’ to the mass exodus of its people to West Germany . |
| 9 | Truly to celebrate the sacrament for the first time , and to feel for the first time that the hands were the instruments through which God chose to nourish the souls of his people , could be overwhelming with gratitude or with penitence . |
| 10 | The correspondence , leaked to Labour 's Trade spokesman , Mr Gordon Brown , discloses for the first time that Lord Young appeared to plan with Professor Roland Smith , chairman of British Aerospace , to hide the figures rather than simply leaving the information to be ‘ scattered ’ in obscure documents in the hope that Parliament would not notice it . |
| 11 | As I came down into Salisbury that day I knew for the first time that I had been happy . |
| 12 | ‘ So boo to you , ’ I said to the murderer as I went through the gate — and noticed for the first time that there were no bushes there , just a little hedge of lavender . |
| 13 | There was more in this vein as they turned right , and Mungo realized for the first time that they were actually heading into the forest . |
| 14 | Further , on appointment he had realised for the first time that the eastern parts of the District remained largely undeveloped by the WEA . |
| 15 | I think it dawned on him then for the first time that there were two streams , and that the pond was not formed by Burden Creek . |
| 16 | It was at Lovell 's dinner-table that Coleridge eventually found Southey , and there for the first time that he met Lovell 's wife Mary and her eldest sister Sarah Fricker . |
| 17 | It was when I took my jacket off and stood before a mirror and saw for the first time that all I was was a pair of scarlet braces , that I realised that evangelism was n't enough . |
| 18 | And realised for the first time that my lot as a walker was far safer than that of a cyclist . |
| 19 | This is so unexpected when it is encountered for the first time that it feels like a deliberate deception . |
| 20 | She had n't missed him at all when he died , but now she realized for the first time that she had lost her father . |
| 21 | Coming back , she saw for the first time that a letter addressed to herself lay on the kitchen table . |
| 22 | He said he did not want to involve British troops and planes in action , but admitted for the first time that it was a possibility . |
| 23 | ‘ So you will not consider me , after all our friendship ? ’ he asked , and Emily moved restlessly ; he realised for the first time that all her movements were studied . |
| 24 | As the sopranos of the WI soared off into the upper atmosphere he began to feel for the first time that this Christmas had meaning . |
| 25 | BUCKINGHAM Palace has admitted for the first time that Princess Diana 's marriage is in trouble . |
| 26 | It seems to have been about then that he mentioned for the first time that he thought he was being poisoned with acqua toffana ( a notorious Italian poison ) . |
| 27 | There were things he consciously noticed about people which he brought to mind long after he had ceased to watch them , but now he noted for the first time that she had very small feet — they could have belonged to the oriental he had imagined her to be through the sun haze . |
| 28 | But last night they admitted for the first time that Mr Mellor did not refer it to the then Prime Minister , Mrs Thatcher . |
| 29 | ENGLAND boss Graham Taylor has admitted for the first time that his team flopped in the European Championship finals because they were n't fit enough . |
| 30 | Anyway , I was congratulated once more and I realised for the first time that I was actually doing some good . |