Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] for the first time " in BNC.

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1 He had one made up , used it for the first time in the 1989 Jersey Open and finished joint fifth , 5-under par and only two behind play-off victor Christy O'Connor Jnr .
2 Just then he noticed me for the first time .
3 He buggered me for the first time that night , reaching round and putting his hand over my mouth , tearing me in two .
4 Then Folly reached the top of the steps , and the woman noticed her for the first time .
5 Jean Cocteau , Peggy Guggenheim tells us in her autobiography Confessions of an Art Addict , received her for the first time comfortably horizontal between the sheets , smoking opium .
6 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 .
7 I defended myself for the first time : I pushed him away .
8 I experienced the joy and excitement of the subject as I discovered something for the first time .
9 The quarrel between faith and unbelief touched him for the first time and unsettled his mind .
10 The first indication that anything was wrong came three months after I had let the tank up and stocked it for the first time .
11 ‘ I heard it for the first time on Saturday morning . ’
12 It hit me for the first time that the bands and comedians were going to be performing here for free , for John , for us .
13 When my feeble protests were ignored back there it hit me for the first time that I was n't a civilian any more .
14 Carers are likely to be looking after a dying loved one for the first time in their life ; their anxieties may be greater than the patient 's .
15 As he unhesitatingly obeyed , she watched him , really examined him for the first time in their acquaintance .
16 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 .
17 Sheppard modelled the statue in 1911–12 and exhibited it for the first time in 1914 .
18 this morning when , where we all watched it for the first time together and as , as Richard said you know , I 'm , I 'm squeamish about going to the dentist , so , and it cos er , it 's basically there 's a scene in the bar where they 're pulling this guy 's tooth out
19 She said : ‘ I met her for the first time this week . ’
20 ‘ I only met her for the first time earlier this evening . ’
21 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 .
22 Igor Stravinsky met him for the first time in this year , and recalled how shy he seemed .
23 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 .
24 met him for the first time I think and erm
25 She saw them for the first time about half way through the second week .
26 He saw me for the first time .
27 ‘ When I saw you for the first time , I thought for a moment you were Sybil — come back to plague me . ’
28 His heart lurched as he saw her for the first time for nine years , now in her new role as a woman .
29 The Campbells were waiting to greet him in the hall , and Elizabeth saw him for the first time .
30 It was then that she really saw him for the first time and the blood began to sing in her ears .
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