Example sentences of "[verb] him for the first " in BNC.
Previous page Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 31 | It was Cannistraro and his colleagues who also identified the mysterious Libyan who bought the clothes in Malta to wrap around the bomb , based on a photofit picture produced by the FBI from the shopkeeper 's phenomenally detailed description of his customer ten months after he saw him for the first and only time . |
| 32 | Well they , I had to go to Road police station , London , it was quite good , the detective took , took me around that little area and er then when I got ready to collect to take him to Liverpool Street Station , I saw him for the first time , man about sixty one and he 'd got two suitcases , one lighter than the other , and while I was signing for him and his property I said to him , you take that light one and I 'll take the bigger one with the view to getting on the bus to get to Liverpool Street st but the inspector there was very good , he said I 'm not going to oh and I said to you take the light case I 'll take the high one , he said I ca n't carry anything , I got a rupture . |
| 33 | She 'd spotted him for the first time three weekends ago when she 'd walked out on to the nightclub stage to perform her warm-up spot for the star turn of the evening . |
| 34 | She moved past them , smiling at Axel , as if welcoming him for the first time . |
| 35 | I could then have pretended to notice him for the first time and have engaged him in conversation in an impromptu manner . |
| 36 | Liessa spared him a brief glance , and appeared actually to notice him for the first time . |
| 37 | Val left him for the first time since they had set up house , and went briefly ‘ home ’ . |
| 38 | Jekub can be a bit scary when you see him for the first time . ’ |
| 39 | The selectors kept faith and picked him for the first Test at Edgbaston , where he bowled 42 overs without trouble , taking four wickets in his maiden Test , which England won , fairly comfortably , but 100 runs . |
| 40 | I was so relieved it was all over and my baby was alright and I held him for the first time . |