Example sentences of "for the first time that " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the first time that anyone can remember , the Soviet Union has been buying at the London auction . |
| 2 | ‘ I realised for the first time that I have never been wanted : it really was such a revelation . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | As I came down into Salisbury that day I knew for the first time that I had been happy . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Further , on appointment he had realised for the first time that the eastern parts of the District remained largely undeveloped by the WEA . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | And realised for the first time that my lot as a walker was far safer than that of a cyclist . |
| 15 | This is so unexpected when it is encountered for the first time that it feels like a deliberate deception . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Coming back , she saw for the first time that a letter addressed to herself lay on the kitchen table . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | ‘ 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | BUCKINGHAM Palace has admitted for the first time that Princess Diana 's marriage is in trouble . |
| 22 | 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 ) . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | But last night they admitted for the first time that Mr Mellor did not refer it to the then Prime Minister , Mrs Thatcher . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Anyway , I was congratulated once more and I realised for the first time that I was actually doing some good . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | The Chinese government has said for the first time that it intends to try to stop the tiger trade . |
| 29 | It is the combination of being told for the first time that you have coronary disease with the need for an emergency procedure , for example , an angiogram . |
| 30 | An analysis of soil samples from a Kurdish village has proved for the first time that in 1988 Iraqi armed forces used nerve gas as well as mustard gas in air raids against civilians . |