Example sentences of "first time [that] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he actually put his foot down and said , ‘ No , I think that 's ridiculous ’ , everyone shut up and listened , and I feel that this was the first time that he realised that he did have the powers of leadership , not only on stage but also off stage . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Fawcett says that he had noticed scraps of similar material in earlier test runs on the apparatus , but this was the first time that he drew it to Gibson 's attention . |
| 4 | But this was the first time that he showed an interest . |
| 5 | It will be the first time that he and the Princess of Wales have attended together as the principal guests . |
| 6 | It was the first time that he had been handcuffed . |
| 7 | This was the first time that he had been past the big covered back porch of her house , and everything was new and interesting . |
| 8 | 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 ) . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | There were questions he still needed to ask and it would n't be the first time that he had taken advantage of tiredness or grief . |
| 11 | It had been the first time that he had really seen Sara in tears . |
| 12 | ‘ It was the first time that he realized there were officers and that they treat you badly because you 're not like them . |
| 13 | It occurred to me for the first time that he might not know whether or not I 'd lost the baby . |
| 14 | He could remember the first time that he 'd stepped outside into country darkness and closed the door behind him ; it was as if he 'd been struck blind with the click of the latch , and he 'd begun to panic at his inability even to tell which way was up . |
| 15 | Ted was having trouble picking out a shirt ; his sister had given him a couple of new ones last Christmas , but this was the first time that he 'd really had to study them with regard to presentability . |
| 16 | It was the first time that he had spoken . |
| 17 | On finishing it , had she realized for the first time that he meant to kill her ? |
| 18 | She noticed for the first time that he was wearing a pair of white , glowing incongruously in the twilight . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | It was the first time that he 'd come anywhere near to making a personal remark , and she had already concluded that she did n't register with him as a person , only as his assistant , sexless and insignificant . |
| 21 | He also publicly acknowledged for the first time that he was a recovering " drug addict " who had behaved in a " degrading and outrageous " way . |
| 22 | In doing so , however , he admitted for the first time that he had made " every effort " to obtain the release of the hostages . |
| 23 | 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 ] . |
| 24 | It was the first time that he had seen his father do anything but ride about and talk to people and sail boats and race and jump and swim and lay wagers at horse-fights on feast days and drink . |
| 25 | She noticed for the first time that he had a slight limp . |
| 26 | He has also repeatedly called for the Union Jack to be removed from Australia 's flag , but this is the first time that he has outlined a timetable for change . |