Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [pron] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I only met her for the first time earlier this evening . ’ |
| 2 | I only meant it for the best . |
| 3 | Newcastle 's natural nervousness soon reasserted itself for the French had clearly not abandoned their plan and had even managed to bring the transports at Nantes , on the River Loire , to join those further up the coast at Vannes in the Gulf of Morbihan , about midway between St Nazaire and Lorient . |
| 4 | They scarcely left it for the next two weeks , their passion putting her dreams to shame . |
| 5 | There was a period of incredibly intense excitement which , I think , probably sustained me for the next five or ten years . |
| 6 | It was a move that clearly suited him for the following season he was picked for the county squad . |
| 7 | James Boswell , for example , often used them for the former , even occasionally , apparently , for the latter ; but never it seems with his wife . |
| 8 | As he unhesitatingly obeyed , she watched him , really examined him for the first time in their acquaintance . |
| 9 | It was then that she really saw him for the first time and the blood began to sing in her ears . |
| 10 | Nothing , however , quite prepared us for the momentous last months of this decade . |
| 11 | Maxim instinctively smiled at him , then despised himself for the silly band-of-brother-soldiers stuff . |
| 12 | Sonny , of course , never made it for the final show . |
| 13 | She mentally steeled herself for the long evening ahead , but , as it turned out , it was n't nearly as long as she had anticipated because towards the end of the evening she heard a sharp knocking on the door , and opened it to find André standing outside , a huge bunch of flowers in his arms . |