Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [adv] for the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | None of this was her affair , she told herself not for the first time . |
| 2 | So far they had done precisely that , which made it all the more extraordinary that Julius should be here now , in her flat , actively seeking her out for the first time since he had overridden all his basic instincts and principles and strode out of her life ; away from the disastrous shambles of their marriage . |
| 3 | ‘ I have fished a poison-tongued mermaid from the sea , ’ he 'd grinned , straightening and gazing down at her as if inspecting her thoroughly for the first time . |
| 4 | That settled , I booked myself in for the first two weeks of August , five months after my operation . |
| 5 | They said their father contacted them suddenly for the first time two months ago after walking out on them 18 years ago . |
| 6 | For all that , had she been right just to abandon him pitilessly for the first dashing knight to Pass her way ? |
| 7 | He addressed us now for the first time , in far more lucid Indonesian than we had ever heard from his elders . |
| 8 | Say they started on a Monday at two o'clock in the afternoon , he or she will take them away for the first hour and go through some of the main points of their work here . |
| 9 | Studying him now , dispassionately , without the emotional blindness of the aftermath of her accident , or the initial shock of finding that he was last night 's rescuer , it was like seeing him properly for the first time … |
| 10 | The figure stopped dead and saw them obviously for the first time . |
| 11 | Jinny remembered Bella 's words and understood them properly for the first time . |
| 12 | Her mind was free to appreciate it properly for the first time . |
| 13 | One of the original group , Crest Homes , has now decided to go it alone for the first stage of the project . |
| 14 | Yeah , I know he 's admitted it already that does n't mean we 're not gon na get you back for the first time you fucking did it ! |
| 15 | He looked at Mitch , studying him closely for the first time . |
| 16 | But you can get it in For the first time at any age . |
| 17 | Have it there for the first month or something . |
| 18 | For the Sunday the pros would be on their own , battling it out for the first prize of £500,000 . |