Example sentences of "for the [num ord] [noun sg] how " in BNC.
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| 1 | As she descended the stairs , she appreciated for the first time how far she had fallen from grace . |
| 2 | Sam became aware for the first time how bad he smelled . |
| 3 | This was when I learnt for the first time how experts conducted dealing for Jim came from a family of dealers . |
| 4 | The bewildered children of his son Robert learnt for the first time how their apparently benevolent grandfather really viewed their father . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | She realised for the first time how Benjamin must be feeling . |
| 8 | Her friends ridiculed her , seeing for the first time how the balance in their relationship had shifted in favour of adorable Diana . |
| 9 | Looking back , I noticed for the first time how wind-bent and close-cropped were the cypresses . |
| 10 | He saw the naked longing in her amber eyes and realized for the first time how much he had been neglecting her . |
| 11 | Dexter noticed for the first time how thin his legs were as they wandered along the corridor . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | She felt sad and immensely tired that she was about to see for the first time how Eddie had died . |
| 14 | Pictures smuggled out of the country show for the first time how the Shia 's holy city was destroyed . |
| 15 | However , Murray also admitted for the first time how close she came to quitting after Barcelona . |
| 16 | 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 . |