Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] it for [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | My sister had a baby about three months ago , and I met it for the first time when I went home . ’ |
| 2 | I remember the excitement and relief I felt when I read it for the first time as a very young nun . |
| 3 | ‘ I heard it for the first time on Saturday morning . ’ |
| 4 | I flew it for the first time to Dupage Airport to replace the ninety-channel radio with a 720-channel unit , then on to Janesville , Wisconsin , for paint work and a new headliner . |
| 5 | It required absolutely no breaking in and I wore it for the first time on a nine hour Scottish hill day during the May heatwave in complete comfort . |
| 6 | That is where I spilled vodka on it the day I wore it for the first time . ’ |
| 7 | The following is a typical example of the character of the RAF as I saw it for the first time about a couple of months after I got to Baghdad . |
| 8 | He started typing and found himself enjoying it for the first time for years . |
| 9 | This majestic sight , glimpsed through undulating woldland patchwork , or from the flatter marshland , entices all strangers who behold it for the first time to come and investigate the town further ; to discover its rich history and its modern enchantment . |
| 10 | to , to erm to try and remember what it was like when you read it for the first time . |
| 11 | The strange fragrance was stronger now , coming over the top of the rise in a wave of scent that struck him powerfully — as the scent of orange-blossom in the Mediterranean strikes a traveller who smells it for the first time . |
| 12 | In fact , as she considered it for the first time , she wondered how any of them had survived to tell the tale . |
| 13 | Has anybody read it for the first time for this course ? |
| 14 | As he said it for the first time a smile flickered across his face , and in that instant his features were totally transformed . |