Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] i [prep] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | It occurred to me for the first time that he might not know whether or not I 'd lost the baby . |
| 2 | He looks at me for the first time . |
| 3 | ‘ It came from me in the first place , did n't it ? |
| 4 | Suddenly , looking at me for the first time , ‘ Tell me , ’ she said , ‘ oh , tell me — what are you in ? ’ |
| 5 | Nigel turned his head to look at me for the first time and smiled in a kindly manner . |
| 6 | Offering the blond English boy — the one I was throwing water at now — half my lunch , and sitting there full of gratitude because he smiled , because he liked the taste of the piece of chicken dipped in cumin and saffron and he had smiled at me for the first time . |
| 7 | Frigidity has only been better exemplified to me by the first psychotic woman I ever saw , who complained that her vagina contained a block of ice . |
| 8 | And at the end of the class , near the bust of Unamuno , I heard your voice calling to me for the first time . |
| 9 | Teachers would come up smiling — not having spoken to me since the first year and now I was a sixth former . |
| 10 | He looked at me for the first time when I said this . |
| 11 | He nodded and he looked at me for the first time . |
| 12 | ‘ She did come to me in the first place . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ 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 . |