Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pron] for [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | She said : ‘ I met her for the first time this week . ’ |
| 2 | I met him for the first time ever when he took over the leadership of the party from the recently deceased Hugh Gaitskell in February 1963 . |
| 3 | My sister had a baby about three months ago , and I met it for the first time when I went home . ’ |
| 4 | That was when I met you for the first time , last week , at the consciousness-raising group that we started at the women 's centre a few weeks ago . |
| 5 | Or , when the , no , when I see , I meet someone for the first time . |
| 6 | I defended myself for the first time : I pushed him away . |
| 7 | I remember the excitement and relief I felt when I read it for the first time as a very young nun . |
| 8 | I experienced the joy and excitement of the subject as I discovered something for the first time . |
| 9 | ‘ I heard it for the first time on Saturday morning . ’ |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | That is where I spilled vodka on it the day I wore it for the first time . ’ |
| 13 | When I saw him for the first time , I fell in love with him at once . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | ‘ When I saw you for the first time , I thought for a moment you were Sybil — come back to plague me . ’ |
| 17 | I was so relieved it was all over and my baby was alright and I held him for the first time . |
| 18 | He started typing and found himself enjoying it for the first time for years . |
| 19 | Thomas Poole the younger had been born into comfortable West Somerset obscurity in 1765 , and gave little sign to those who met him for the first time of the great gifts of character and intellect which he possessed . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | To cover the fact that she had far too many feelings altogether , she ignored him for the first part of the morning . |
| 22 | to , to erm to try and remember what it was like when you read it for the first time . |
| 23 | When you meet someone for the first time , that person can |
| 24 | COMIC Rowan Atkinson is anything but funny in real life and is convinced people who meet him for the first time think he is a disappointment . |
| 25 | People who hear themselves for the first time on a tape-recorder often find it hard to believe that the stranger talking is actually them . |
| 26 | We will be dealing with all of those existing clients in terms of reassessing both their care needs and their financial ability to contribute to whatever package of care they 're getting , as well as taking on board all the new ones who present themselves for the first time in nineteen ninety four , five . |
| 27 | She saw them for the first time about half way through the second week . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Jekub can be a bit scary when you see him for the first time . ’ |
| 30 | In fact , as she considered it for the first time , she wondered how any of them had survived to tell the tale . |