Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] the first time " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ But I have n't done anything — except be an absolute misery , ’ she added honestly as she realised for perhaps the first time what a wet blanket she had been . |
| 3 | For perhaps the first time in her life there was no feeling of restlessness deep in her soul , no desire to be somewhere else . |
| 4 | This time last night she 'd been lying in Dane 's arms , feeling safe , secure , at peace with the world for perhaps the first time in her troubled life . |
| 5 | By now she was really yelling , letting her natural feelings show for perhaps the first time in her conscious life . |
| 6 | Laura had felt , for perhaps the first time since her husband 's reappearance in her life , the warmth of a shared companionship . |
| 7 | For only the first time , now , did she comprehend the nature of the stone from which the fortress had been constructed . |
| 8 | What with Mrs Clements and the girls also gone for the week , I suppose I was very conscious of the fact that once I departed , Darlington Hall would stand empty for probably the first time this century — perhaps for the first time since the day it was built . |
| 9 | For probably the first time since 1967 , homosexuality was at the forefront of public debate , resulting in moments of real visibility and intervention . |
| 10 | Since the 1949 service , when Latin was heard in the Church for probably the first time since the Reformation , the Founder 's Psalm ( no. 130 ) has been chanted : |
| 11 | So why is it , for almost the first time in 150 years , Yorkshire can not contribute a single regular member to the England team ? |
| 12 | What these filmmakers miss is the level of emotional intensity that both the realist filmmakers , whom the critics approved of , and those of a more melodramatic or fantastic disposition , whom they did n't , seem able to conjure , for almost the first time , in the films they produced during the war . |
| 13 | Suddenly , and for almost the first time in her life , apart from in her dreams , Marie felt that she was in a position of power . |
| 14 | I must admit that for almost the first time I feel a stab of concern for him , a gesture of fellow regard . |
| 15 | Then , even as I talked I began to see , for almost the first time , some of the negative factors that I had suppressed or disregarded . |
| 16 | The outcome of the strike and its immediate consequences was that for almost the first time many people , including politicians in the Republic , who had previously been unconvinced were now satisfied that the majority of people in Northern Ireland would not accept a united Ireland and wished to have another election before their future was again discussed . |
| 17 | For almost the first time since his reappearance in her life Laura found herself wondering whether she and Ross could have done anything to save their marriage all those years ago . |
| 18 | At least the first time , she 'd only a vague notion of what might lie ahead . |