Example sentences of "for [art] [num ord] time [conj] " in BNC.
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31 | 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 . |
32 | 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 . |
33 | 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 . |
34 | 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 . |
35 | As I came down into Salisbury that day I knew for the first time that I had been happy . |
36 | ‘ 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 . |
37 | 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 . |
38 | Further , on appointment he had realised for the first time that the eastern parts of the District remained largely undeveloped by the WEA . |
39 | 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 . |
40 | 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 . |
41 | 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 . |
42 | And realised for the first time that my lot as a walker was far safer than that of a cyclist . |
43 | This is so unexpected when it is encountered for the first time that it feels like a deliberate deception . |
44 | 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 . |
45 | Coming back , she saw for the first time that a letter addressed to herself lay on the kitchen table . |
46 | 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 . |
47 | ‘ 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 . |
48 | 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 . |
49 | BUCKINGHAM Palace has admitted for the first time that Princess Diana 's marriage is in trouble . |
50 | 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 ) . |
51 | 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 . |
52 | But last night they admitted for the first time that Mr Mellor did not refer it to the then Prime Minister , Mrs Thatcher . |
53 | 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 . |
54 | Anyway , I was congratulated once more and I realised for the first time that I was actually doing some good . |
55 | 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 . |
56 | The Chinese government has said for the first time that it intends to try to stop the tiger trade . |
57 | 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 . |
58 | 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 . |
59 | It occurred to me for the first time that he might not know whether or not I 'd lost the baby . |
60 | So now , more mildly , Frederica saw for the first time that the light was gold , that olives were black and warm , the olive trees were powdery-grey , that lavender was a purple haze . |