Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] for [art] first time " in BNC.
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| 31 | Her defiance gave her the courage to lift her eyes to his for the first time , and she saw the surprise and sudden uncertainty that flashed across them . |
| 32 | So we did the double over someone for the first time since beating Sheff United in the championship winning game . |
| 33 | Its bluish-black eyes seemed to focus on her for the first time . |
| 34 | It dawned on her for the first time that perhaps the other woman had married for money . |
| 35 | Perhaps , because I had really addressed myself to him for the first time , he thought we were in accord . |
| 36 | It occurred to him for the first time that Celia would be a bad enemy , just as she was a good friend . |
| 37 | It came home to him for the first time that what had seemed to him a trivial event , a stupid joke , was something genuinely much bigger to Andrus . |
| 38 | Anne herself found that when she voiced her grievances quietly and calmly , rather than screaming them , her family paid attention to her for the first time . |
| 39 | Her heart thumped painfully as she remembered him making love to her for the first time , the hard , forceful thrust of his body coming much quicker than she had expected , an abrupt shock after all the gentleness that had gone before . |
| 40 | The unremitting contempt had become unendurable , although it occurred to her for the first time that Luke might actually resent her . |
| 41 | The Inspector turned to her for the first time , but if he was cheered by her observation he gave no sign of his approval . |
| 42 | It occurred to her for the first time that there were a couple of curious anomalies in her childhood . |
| 43 | It occurred to her for the first time that there was no sign of a car , apart from her own . |
| 44 | It sounded as though the reality of what they were doing had come home to her for the first time . |
| 45 | She turned to look into Gazzer 's face , concentrating her attention on him for the first time since he had climbed up to sit beside her in the sand dunes . |
| 46 | Becky 's dark eyes fixed on him for the first time . |
| 47 | 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 . |
| 48 | ‘ But I 'm talking too much — it 's having you all to myself for the first time . ’ |
| 49 | When Elizabeth 's mother and sister had gone to Leeds , Elizabeth and George had the house to themselves for the first time since the early days of their marriage . |
| 50 | 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 . |
| 51 | The sorts of experiences that you then get people talking about is really well I 've learnt to stand up for myself for the first time , erm I now know what I want to do , I know who I am , erm projects where I 've been involved , where you get women saying things like well two years ago I would never have dreamt of going and talking to the Council about my house , or my children , or that I ca n't get a job because I ca n't get child care , and I would n't have dreamt of doing that and people who now say well now I can do that , I know that I can go and stand up for myself and stand up for what I think is right , just as well as my husband can . |
| 52 | 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 . |
| 53 | Nigel turned his head to look at me for the first time and smiled in a kindly manner . |
| 54 | Suddenly , looking at me for the first time , ‘ Tell me , ’ she said , ‘ oh , tell me — what are you in ? ’ |
| 55 | He looked at me for the first time when I said this . |
| 56 | He nodded and he looked at me for the first time . |
| 57 | He looks at me for the first time . |
| 58 | He turned towards the two men , smiled at them for the first time . |
| 59 | He looked at her for the first time with real unease . |
| 60 | 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 . |