Example sentences of "notice for the first time " in BNC.

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1 Straightening , the Doctor looked around , noticing for the first time that the hill he had asked about earlier when he was with Howard , was also visible from here .
2 I was in touch several times by telephone , and I remember noticing for the first time a slight labouring for breath on his part , which was to become increasingly marked .
3 ‘ 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 .
4 A stench , which Franca now noticed for the first time , arose from the bed .
5 Guildford skatepark was demolished and as a result Farnborough was noticed for the first time outside the immediate area .
6 So she went on watching and noticed for the first time that Mrs Files had lovely hands , long-fingered , fine-textured , graceful in their mundane task .
7 While the aide translated these remarks Joseph Sherman took the opportunity to glance around the room and noticed for the first time that groups of diminutive Annamese were standing quietly with their wives among the taller European men and women .
8 He followed her into the sitting room , and noticed for the first time his packed bag .
9 If such information was not attended to in the judgment phase then it is possible that when it is seen in the recognition phase it will be noticed for the first time .
10 He stood up and I noticed for the first time a bunch of keys at his belt .
11 Looking back , I noticed for the first time how wind-bent and close-cropped were the cypresses .
12 It was in that terrible moment of loss that he noticed for the first time the eagle in the cage on the other side of his from where Minch 's cage was .
13 I noticed for the first time that it was dreadfully long .
14 She noticed for the first time that he was wearing a pair of white , glowing incongruously in the twilight .
15 Dexter noticed for the first time how thin his legs were as they wandered along the corridor .
16 She noticed for the first time that they had stopped , and looking round , discovered that they were outside the house .
17 As he closed the door , he noticed for the first time that there was a star on it .
18 He looked slightly abstracted ; and I noticed for the first time that his habit of addressing remarks with head bowed — often appearing to contemplate the floor or the ‘ figure in the carpet ’ — had begun to bring about that slight spinal curvature which became accentuated later in life though not without adding to his dignity of bearing .
19 Her pink flying suit had two dirty orbs where her backside had imprinted itself on the ground and I noticed for the first time that her trainers were at least size 9 ( men 's ) .
20 Fenella took a deep breath and I noticed for the first time just how impressively she could breathe .
21 She noticed for the first time that he had a slight limp .
22 As he hung about the Red Anchor he noticed for the first time that its character was changing .
23 Only later , on the negative or the print , would the photographer notice for the first time , say , a sundial on a distant lawn .
24 Robyn could smell the freshness of his cologne , see the way his eyes crinkled at the corners , notice for the first time the thickness of his lashes , the way his ebony hair would curl if allowed to grow long .
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