Example sentences of "saw [noun prp] for the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I saw Jekub for the first time I thought , OK , this is what he used . ’ |
| 2 | I saw Begampur for the first time on a hot evening in early May . |
| 3 | For another , the ‘ war party ’ may already have taken over within the Vietminh : at least when Sainteny , attempting his last act of mediation , saw Ho for the last time before the war started , he complained about the moderate elements who had been eliminated from the government to the benefit of the notorious Francophobes ; and as the war was on the point of beginning , and as attacks on French soldiers and civilians had not ceased , nor had French retaliation , Sainteny 's exasperation was to be seen in his demand that culprits should be punished within 24 hours . |
| 4 | ‘ I saw Siena for the first time in Autumn , ’ said Tom Tedder , with a catch in his voice . |
| 5 | He immediately took me up the tower , and — stepping out onto the balcony — I saw Oxford for the first time . |
| 6 | The result : Des was airlifted out of the Gulf in mid-May and , on May 29 , at Arden Grange International Quarantine Kennels in Albourne , Sussex , Dave saw Des for the first time since March 23 . |