Example sentences of "realize [prep] the first time " in BNC.
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1 | And as the embarrassing minutes ticked away I began to realize for the first time the enormity of the problem which confronted Mrs Rumney . |
2 | And he talks of the , and plainly in that erm sort of mystical experience that he had with the Whiteheads , he did in , as it were , come to realize for the first time that there was in himself this desire to lead a life erm inspired by love and guided by knowledge , and to see others leading it . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | She realized for the first time fully consciously that she was ill at ease with , even afraid of , very tall men . |
6 | When she heard the voice of Sam 's mother she realized for the first time that it was more than likely that her own mother would , during the course of the evening , make some reference to the dinner-party which , she had been led to believe , was taking place in Pam 's house . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | Chesarynth sensed it and realized for the first time that what she was hearing was nothing but verbally-trimmed ideas . |
9 | He saw the naked longing in her amber eyes and realized for the first time how much he had been neglecting her . |
10 | On finishing it , had she realized for the first time that he meant to kill her ? |
11 | Maggie glanced at Laura , realizing for the first time in her life that she was stronger than her sister . |
12 | As a young Christian exclaimed to me on realizing for the first time the titanic implications of this claim , ‘ I always knew Christianity was true , but I never realized it was this true ! ’ |
13 | 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 . |
14 | She flushed and hesitated , as if realizing for the first time where all this was leading . |