Example sentences of "[adv] first time [prep] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Pleased to meet you , ’ she had responded , for the very first time since her arrival at Loch Lomond feeling unaccountably awkward and strange .
2 Jessamy found herself remembering how it had been the very first time between them , it had been exactly the same , this sudden wanting .
3 For the very first time in her life she needed someone .
4 Then , for the very first time in my life , a faint light flickered somewhere inside me .
5 Now , briefly , possibly for the very first time in his life , he felt helpless and miserable at one and the same time .
6 He had felt sure when he left his hotel room that every eye in Saigon would be on him that evening because he was wearing a white tuxedo for the very first time in his young life .
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