Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [pers pn] for the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | It occurred to me for the first time that he might not know whether or not I 'd lost the baby . |
| 2 | The unremitting contempt had become unendurable , although it occurred to her for the first time that Luke might actually resent her . |
| 3 | It occurred to her for the first time that there were a couple of curious anomalies in her childhood . |
| 4 | It occurred to her for the first time that there was no sign of a car , apart from her own . |
| 5 | It occurred to him for the first time that Celia would be a bad enemy , just as she was a good friend . |
| 6 | He looks at me for the first time . |
| 7 | It was here , in the Syrian capital far to the north of Damascus , that the term ‘ Christian ’ was to be applied to them for the first time . |
| 8 | Her eyes flew upward , looking at him for the first time . |
| 9 | Suddenly , looking at me for the first time , ‘ Tell me , ’ she said , ‘ oh , tell me — what are you in ? ’ |
| 10 | As she turned to wait for me at the end of the path , I felt I was looking at her for the first time : her face paler than her arms , a blonde shadow on her upper lip , no lipstick . |
| 11 | He knew the pattern of the carpet by heart but now it was as if he were looking at it for the first time , taking it all in , the design of orange and black squares . |
| 12 | The Inspector turned to her for the first time , but if he was cheered by her observation he gave no sign of his approval . |
| 13 | Its bluish-black eyes seemed to focus on her for the first time . |
| 14 | Nigel turned his head to look at me for the first time and smiled in a kindly manner . |
| 15 | Offering the blond English boy — the one I was throwing water at now — half my lunch , and sitting there full of gratitude because he smiled , because he liked the taste of the piece of chicken dipped in cumin and saffron and he had smiled at me for the first time . |
| 16 | Any major phases or colonisation are as likely to have taken place in the seventh , eighth or ninth centuries , as Peter Sawyer has suggested , and therefore to be undocumented , as they are to have happened in the thirteenth century , when we hear of them for the first time from surviving records . |
| 17 | And at the end of the class , near the bust of Unamuno , I heard your voice calling to me for the first time . |
| 18 | It dawned on her for the first time that perhaps the other woman had married for money . |
| 19 | You will also find a splendid array of fine performers who are coming to us for the first time — many surely due to be favourites of the future . |
| 20 | As hard as Marshall try to convey the message of versatility in this type of combo , I defy anyone who plugs into it for the first time not to go straight for the overdrive sounds : ‘ If it 's a Marshall then it 's going to rock , whether it wants to or not ! ’ |
| 21 | Becky 's dark eyes fixed on him for the first time . |
| 22 | His eye fell on it for the first time as it sprang onto the marble plinth and clutched at the neck of the vase to steady itself . |
| 23 | He looked at her for the first time with real unease . |
| 24 | He looked at her for the first time since the beginning ; her head was still turned away , her hands over her face ; she had shown no further response to anything he had done . |
| 25 | Infected by his laughter the wife of the younger mandarin smiled , and Joseph looked at her for the first time . |
| 26 | Cheryl looked at her for the first time . |
| 27 | He looked at her for the first time and saw the tears on her cheeks that were glistening in the starlight . |
| 28 | ‘ Please , ’ she replied softly then looked at him for the first time since he had sat down . |
| 29 | She looked at him for the first time , then lowered her eyes again . |
| 30 | He looked at me for the first time when I said this . |