Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] for the first " in BNC.
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| 31 | When I saw him for the first time , I fell in love with him at once . |
| 32 | 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 . |
| 33 | 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 . |
| 34 | 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 . |
| 35 | 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 . |
| 36 | That is where I spilled vodka on it the day I wore it for the first time . ’ |
| 37 | My sister had a baby about three months ago , and I met it for the first time when I went home . ’ |
| 38 | Val left him for the first time since they had set up house , and went briefly ‘ home ’ . |
| 39 | A thing of great beauty , it was not unusual to hear sharp intakes of breath as people beheld it for the first time . |
| 40 | As he said it for the first time a smile flickered across his face , and in that instant his features were totally transformed . |
| 41 | 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 . |
| 42 | I was so relieved it was all over and my baby was alright and I held him for the first time . |
| 43 | In fact , as she considered it for the first time , she wondered how any of them had survived to tell the tale . |