Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [pers pn] for [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Try looking at people , objects and places as if you are seeing them for the first time without being influenced by what you have known about them in the past . |
| 2 | For me one of the greatest gifts is the ability to look at things as if you are seeing them for the first time . |
| 3 | Let me now assume that you are being considered by a prospective principal and are seeing him for the first time . |
| 4 | ‘ Often the man is the only breadwinner and without him the family has to rely on state benefits — the social security system can be horrendous if you 're using it for the first time . |
| 5 | cummings and Edwin Morgan are , however , splendidly useful , and if practitioners keep coming across the same texts , it has to be remembered that students may very well be meeting them for the first time . |
| 6 | ‘ … and this is Folly , who will be joining us for the first time this weekend . |
| 7 | Before leaving he stood for a moment at the door and let his eyes range round the room as if he were seeing it for the first time . |
| 8 | If you were seeing it for the first time , what impressions would you receive ? |
| 9 | She glanced up at him , feeling oddly shy , almost as though she were meeting him for the first time with no doubts , no mistrust , between them . |
| 10 | She guessed Ursula 's diamond-encrusted eternity ring had inflicted the damage and recalled being shown it for the first time nearly ten years ago . |
| 11 | She made it sound as if she were saying it for the first time . |
| 12 | The expletive sounded strange to the sergeant on Blanche 's lips , as if she were hearing it for the first time . |
| 13 | O over this election , what you 've got ta do is every night , is if you 're interested is watch it for the first quarter of an hour of the news every night . |
| 14 | The boyish expression transformed the hard planes of his face and she stared at him as if she was seeing him for the first time . |
| 15 | Since then , I had managed to film them on their wintering grounds in India , but now I was seeing them for the first time at the other end of the journey . |
| 16 | He gave her a long , slow look as if he was seeing her for the first time . |
| 17 | Flavia Sherman had elected to spend the day shopping on the Rue Catinat and was to join them for the first hunt next morning . |