Example sentences of "see [pers pn] for the 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 | The man looked at the boys as if seeing them for the first time . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Julius looked at her jeans and T-shirt , as if seeing them for the first time . |
| 6 | Eddie 's gaze ran on round the room , taking in , as if seeing them for the first time , the stool and easel , the framed reproduction Leonardo drawings on the walls , the low divan bed . |
| 7 | By a combination of Impressionist vision , imagination , a magical mastery of language , Proust uses À la recherche to explore often banal objects , often apparently dull people , often apparently trivial episodes , in such a way that he recreates them with a freshness , erm a power of conviction , that persuade us we 're actually seeing them with a privileged insight , or perhaps even seeing them for the first time . |
| 8 | He glared up at me as though seeing me for the first time . |
| 9 | Within a few days of seeing me for the first time , he summoned me once again to tell me that the Labour Party did not wish to continue with the action . |
| 10 | Certainly Jenny did not see him for the first few evenings she was at Moorlake . |
| 11 | Then her father and two brothers will be able to see her for the first time in seven months . |
| 12 | Then her father and two brothers will be able to see her for the first time in seven months . |
| 13 | Vincent looked at him , as if seeing him for the first time . |
| 14 | She looked up at Trent , as if seeing him for the first time : ‘ I 'd have drowned if you 'd left me on the Key . ’ |
| 15 | Let me now assume that you are being considered by a prospective principal and are seeing him for the first time . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | But seeing him for the first time was like when you buy a new make of car you never noticed that kind before , then you realise they 're all over the place . |
| 18 | He looked at her for a moment as if seeing her for the first time then paused , giving the question serious thought . |
| 19 | He gave her a long , slow look as if he was seeing her for the first time . |
| 20 | She saw them for the first time about half way through the second week . |
| 21 | He saw me for the first time . |
| 22 | ‘ When I saw you for the first time , I thought for a moment you were Sybil — come back to plague me . ’ |
| 23 | His heart lurched as he saw her for the first time for nine years , now in her new role as a woman . |
| 24 | The Campbells were waiting to greet him in the hall , and Elizabeth saw him for the first time . |
| 25 | It was then that she really saw him for the first time and the blood began to sing in her ears . |
| 26 | When I saw him for the first time , I fell in love with him at once . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Having always been aware of the Cathedral I 've often wondered what impact it has on visitors seeing it for the first time . |