Example sentences of "first time [that] [pers pn] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | There were complaints of inordinate delay such as to make a fair trial impossible ; that regulation 7 notices were served far too late ; that the police officers were not interviewed until a year later , that being the first time that they were notified of any specific allegations against them . |
| 3 | And now , as he entered Lady Ursula Berowne 's sitting room , Dalgliesh felt for the first time that he was in a private house , that this was a room which the owner had made peculiarly her own . |
| 4 | She noticed for the first time that he was wearing a pair of white , glowing incongruously in the twilight . |
| 5 | Johnny , as though realizing for the first time that he was still wearing his pyjama trousers , began to worry at the knot in the cord at his waist , the trembling of his hands causing him to fumble ineffectively . |
| 6 | He also publicly acknowledged for the first time that he was a recovering " drug addict " who had behaved in a " degrading and outrageous " way . |
| 7 | On March 18 Najibullah formally announced for the first time that he was prepared to resign to further the progress of a UN peace plan , the initial aim of which was to establish an interim , all-party government [ see p. 38811 ] . |
| 8 | Nothing can be more exciting than the first time that you are given some flowers , and particularly red roses . |
| 9 | so that I could actually enjoy it more this time because it 's in , so much of a blur when you get married the first time that you 're caught up with it and you do n't really see what happens , I would like to get married all over again . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | In 1280 , for example , ‘ the metes and bounds of the New Forest from the first time that it was afforested ’ were said to extend from the Test westwards to the Avon , and from the Solent northwards to the Wiltshire county boundary . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | I noticed for the first time that it was dreadfully long . |
| 15 | When she heard the voice of Sam 's mother she realized for the first time that it was more than likely that her own mother would , during the course of the evening , make some reference to the dinner-party which , she had been led to believe , was taking place in Pam 's house . |
| 16 | But I have never forgotten advice that my research adviser gave me the first time that I was pursuing a dead end : ‘ It is important to recognise when to quit . ’ |
| 17 | Anyway , I was congratulated once more and I realised for the first time that I was actually doing some good . |
| 18 | When my feeble protests were ignored back there it hit me for the first time that I was n't a civilian any more . |
| 19 | ‘ But only because when we turned up at the solicitor 's to work out the marriage settlement — her idea , not mine — she realised for the first time that I was n't as rich as she thought . |