Example sentences of "to [pron] for the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ For instance , when you asked the official you met to find you some film-makers to talk to , he rung me up and spoke to me for the first time for years . |
| 3 | And at the end of the class , near the bust of Unamuno , I heard your voice calling to me for the first time . |
| 4 | Professor Ruiperez told me I need not start my classes until I was quite recovered , and the women in the office and the library spoke friendly words to me for the first time . |
| 5 | It occurred to me for the first time that he might not know whether or not I 'd lost the baby . |
| 6 | The record company had been lending it to me for the last six months , but they gave it to me at the London gig as a present because Andy MacDonald — the feller who owns the company — was so into the gig ! |
| 7 | Her defiance gave her the courage to lift her eyes to his for the first time , and she saw the surprise and sudden uncertainty that flashed across them . |
| 8 | The current campaign positioning for Johnnie Walker Black has remained true to itself for the last two and a half decades . |
| 9 | The sooner I 've seen your grandmother , the sooner I can say goodbye to you for the last time . |
| 10 | Well erm I 've just come off holiday and so I wo n't be entitled to none for the first four days . |
| 11 | Perhaps , because I had really addressed myself to him for the first time , he thought we were in accord . |
| 12 | It occurred to him for the first time that Celia would be a bad enemy , just as she was a good friend . |
| 13 | It came home to him for the first time that what had seemed to him a trivial event , a stupid joke , was something genuinely much bigger to Andrus . |
| 14 | But she was going to have to keep the door open to him for the next twenty years and , like it or not , it was something that she would have to come to terms with . |
| 15 | Anne herself found that when she voiced her grievances quietly and calmly , rather than screaming them , her family paid attention to her for the first time . |
| 16 | Her heart thumped painfully as she remembered him making love to her for the first time , the hard , forceful thrust of his body coming much quicker than she had expected , an abrupt shock after all the gentleness that had gone before . |
| 17 | The unremitting contempt had become unendurable , although it occurred to her for the first time that Luke might actually resent her . |
| 18 | The Inspector turned to her for the first time , but if he was cheered by her observation he gave no sign of his approval . |
| 19 | It occurred to her for the first time that there were a couple of curious anomalies in her childhood . |
| 20 | It occurred to her for the first time that there was no sign of a car , apart from her own . |
| 21 | It sounded as though the reality of what they were doing had come home to her for the first time . |
| 22 | Neither was she too happy about the epithet ‘ min skat ’ , which he 'd applied to her for the second time that day . |
| 23 | The bantering tone remained in Surere 's voice but he added edge to it for the last word or two . |
| 24 | ‘ But I 'm talking too much — it 's having you all to myself for the first time . ’ |
| 25 | When Elizabeth 's mother and sister had gone to Leeds , Elizabeth and George had the house to themselves for the first time since the early days of their marriage . |
| 26 | 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 . |