Example sentences of "then for the first " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | I do believe that then for the first time it dawned on people that Northern Ireland was a series of Catholic and Protestant ghettoes . |
3 | She was not accustomed to ask questions , and obeyed ; Dinah accompanied her , saw her seated in the chair , the anaesthetic given , and the extraction begun ; then for the first time let her own mind admit the possibility that Paul 's illness might have some such origin , that she herself had in that case been the wife of a syphilitic for years , and might have caught it ; that she might lose her face or her mind ; that Robin had inherited it ; and now — |
4 | He smiled then for the first time , and the smile lightened his face to a sudden , vivid charm . |
5 | ‘ Then , if we go ahead with the script , they pay , for the treatment … 50.000,00 then for the first draft … 120.000,00 and for the second draft another 120.000,00 making in all , for the script … 290.000,00 |
6 | Then for the first time he noticed how much noise the rats were making . |
7 | With the elements as slaves , then for the first time in history slavery will be abolished . |
8 | In the meantime , as I recall , er I I asked him who he was and I asked his wife who he was because he had asked what we were doing in his house and when he said his house , I thought then for the first time that perhaps this was n't who er we had on the floor . |