Example sentences of "[verb] at [pron] for the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He looks at me for the first time . |
| 2 | Her eyes flew upward , looking at him for the first time . |
| 3 | Suddenly , looking at me for the first time , ‘ Tell me , ’ she said , ‘ oh , tell me — what are you in ? ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Nigel turned his head to look at me for the first time and smiled in a kindly manner . |
| 7 | He had been thinking about buying Lyn a kitten for her birthday , and as he came up to the great dolmen , had paused to look at it for the thousandth time , he had seen the bundle on the ground . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | He looked at her for the first time with real unease . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Infected by his laughter the wife of the younger mandarin smiled , and Joseph looked at her for the first time . |
| 12 | Cheryl looked at her for the first time . |
| 13 | He looked at her for the first time and saw the tears on her cheeks that were glistening in the starlight . |
| 14 | ‘ Please , ’ she replied softly then looked at him for the first time since he had sat down . |
| 15 | She looked at him for the first time , then lowered her eyes again . |
| 16 | He looked at me for the first time when I said this . |
| 17 | He nodded and he looked at me for the first time . |
| 18 | You could n't see the card until you unfolded the handkerchief and now Wexford looked at it for the first time . |
| 19 | It had been one of those deep , deep sleeps ; the kind when you do n't know a thing until your mum starts yelling at you for the umpteenth time that you 're going to be late for school if you do n't get up . |
| 20 | Then Riven asked the question that had been gnawing at him for the last day : ‘ What about Murtach ? ’ |
| 21 | He turned towards the two men , smiled at them for the first time . |
| 22 | He 's a very contented baby , a joy to his parents and big sister , and today at nine weeks old ( 40+3 ) , he smiled at us for the first time . |
| 23 | The boy was standing there , smiling at him for the second time that day . |
| 24 | He shrugged , leaning back in his chair , smiling at her for the first time with that devastating smile which made her heart beat faster . |