Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] the first [noun] " 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 | Many of the cases which have from time to time been relied on in support of the High Trees doctrine are clearly examples of only the first principle . |
| 9 | The effect , therefore , of only the first limb applying , ie before the change in the law bringing in the second limb , could be seen by the following example . |
| 10 | All that remains of probably the first country house in England to be modelled on a Palladian villa . |
| 11 | Yes , there 's the relief of knowing you do n't have to worry about where the next question is coming from , but that 's simply replaced by the worry of where the first answer is coming from . |
| 12 | He seems thrilled to stumble across the notion that war has a technological impetus of its own ; others will recognise in it the familiar railway-timetable explanation of why the first world war proved so unstoppably disastrous . |
| 13 | The right hon. Member for Lagan Valley said that he was not clear whether the right hon. and learned Gentleman had finished or was still giving way , and my right hon. Friend referred to what looked like only the first half of his speech . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | For probably the first time since 1967 , homosexuality was at the forefront of public debate , resulting in moments of real visibility and intervention . |
| 16 | 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 : |
| 17 | Groupe Axime SA , France 's third-largest software and systems integration house , reported net profit equivalent to $2.9m for the first half of its 1992-93 fiscal year to December 31 , compared with net losses for both the first half and the full year 1991-92 . |
| 18 | The default for both the first number and the step size is 10 . |
| 19 | Is there not an implicit threat of legal proceedings in even the first demand for payment of a debt ? |
| 20 | ‘ You allowed me to deflect your questions far too easily , ’ he answered , ‘ Is it any wonder that from almost the first moment I saw you … ’ he paused ‘ … |
| 21 | The company says its experience this time through is different from when the first Snakes were delayed by shortfalls in the Texas Instruments Inc-produced floating point unit because it 's controlling all design and all fabrication . |
| 22 | It was in 1911 that he joined the club , a good year for everybody except possibly the first professional there , H.A . |
| 23 | I observe in passing that probably not more than a dozen or so out of the 170-odd political entities in the world conform to even the first half of the Mazzinian programme , if nations are defined in ethnic-linguistic terms . |
| 24 | For almost the first decade of its existence , the resources of the Modular Course were entirely absorbed by coping with the first-order problems of survival and growth . |
| 25 | So why is it , for almost the first time in 150 years , Yorkshire can not contribute a single regular member to the England team ? |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | I must admit that for almost the first time I feel a stab of concern for him , a gesture of fellow regard . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |