Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [pron] for the first " in BNC.
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1 | Having watched television documentaries about life in East Germany , Becker was keen to see for himself for the first time . |
2 | It occurred to me for the first time that he might not know whether or not I 'd lost the baby . |
3 | The unremitting contempt had become unendurable , although it occurred to her for the first time that Luke might actually resent her . |
4 | It occurred to her for the first time that there were a couple of curious anomalies in her childhood . |
5 | It occurred to her for the first time that there was no sign of a car , apart from her own . |
6 | It occurred to him for the first time that Celia would be a bad enemy , just as she was a good friend . |
7 | He looks at me for the first time . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | Her eyes flew upward , looking at him for the first time . |
10 | Suddenly , looking at me for the first time , ‘ Tell me , ’ she said , ‘ oh , tell me — what are you in ? ’ |
11 | As she turned to wait for me at the end of the path , I felt I was looking at her for the first time : her face paler than her arms , a blonde shadow on her upper lip , no lipstick . |
12 | He knew the pattern of the carpet by heart but now it was as if he were looking at it for the first time , taking it all in , the design of orange and black squares . |
13 | The Inspector turned to her for the first time , but if he was cheered by her observation he gave no sign of his approval . |
14 | Its bluish-black eyes seemed to focus on her for the first time . |
15 | Nigel turned his head to look at me for the first time and smiled in a kindly manner . |
16 | 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 . |
17 | Any major phases or colonisation are as likely to have taken place in the seventh , eighth or ninth centuries , as Peter Sawyer has suggested , and therefore to be undocumented , as they are to have happened in the thirteenth century , when we hear of them for the first time from surviving records . |
18 | And at the end of the class , near the bust of Unamuno , I heard your voice calling to me for the first time . |
19 | It dawned on her for the first time that perhaps the other woman had married for money . |
20 | It had been with shame and some irritation that he had recognized in himself for the first time the nagging of jealousy . |
21 | 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 . |
22 | As hard as Marshall try to convey the message of versatility in this type of combo , I defy anyone who plugs into it for the first time not to go straight for the overdrive sounds : ‘ If it 's a Marshall then it 's going to rock , whether it wants to or not ! ’ |
23 | Becky 's dark eyes fixed on him for the first time . |
24 | His eye fell on it for the first time as it sprang onto the marble plinth and clutched at the neck of the vase to steady itself . |
25 | He looked at her for the first time with real unease . |
26 | He looked at her for the first time since the beginning ; her head was still turned away , her hands over her face ; she had shown no further response to anything he had done . |
27 | Infected by his laughter the wife of the younger mandarin smiled , and Joseph looked at her for the first time . |
28 | Cheryl looked at her for the first time . |
29 | He looked at her for the first time and saw the tears on her cheeks that were glistening in the starlight . |
30 | ‘ Please , ’ she replied softly then looked at him for the first time since he had sat down . |