Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] for the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ For instance , when you asked the official you met to find you some film-makers to talk to , he rung me up and spoke to me for the first time for years . |
| 32 | And at the end of the class , near the bust of Unamuno , I heard your voice calling to me for the first time . |
| 33 | Professor Ruiperez told me I need not start my classes until I was quite recovered , and the women in the office and the library spoke friendly words to me for the first time . |
| 34 | It occurred to me for the first time that he might not know whether or not I 'd lost the baby . |
| 35 | 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 . |
| 36 | The sooner I 've seen your grandmother , the sooner I can say goodbye to you for the last time . |
| 37 | But er we shall be without him for the next fortnight erm so somebody 'll have to come in and score a few goals for us but often you know , you discover things that erm you never knew were there when you have to fill in gaps that have suddenly arisen . |
| 38 | Its bluish-black eyes seemed to focus on her for the first time . |
| 39 | It dawned on her for the first time that perhaps the other woman had married for money . |
| 40 | Perhaps , because I had really addressed myself to him for the first time , he thought we were in accord . |
| 41 | It occurred to him for the first time that Celia would be a bad enemy , just as she was a good friend . |
| 42 | 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 . |
| 43 | 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 . |
| 44 | 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 . |
| 45 | The unremitting contempt had become unendurable , although it occurred to her for the first time that Luke might actually resent her . |
| 46 | The Inspector turned to her for the first time , but if he was cheered by her observation he gave no sign of his approval . |
| 47 | It occurred to her for the first time that there were a couple of curious anomalies in her childhood . |
| 48 | It occurred to her for the first time that there was no sign of a car , apart from her own . |
| 49 | It sounded as though the reality of what they were doing had come home to her for the first time . |
| 50 | Neither was she too happy about the epithet ‘ min skat ’ , which he 'd applied to her for the second time that day . |
| 51 | 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 . |
| 52 | Becky 's dark eyes fixed on him for the first time . |
| 53 | The bantering tone remained in Surere 's voice but he added edge to it for the last word or two . |
| 54 | 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 . |
| 55 | Sometimes it was important to spoil oneself — Helena had written a piece on it for the last issue of Athene , explaining that when women felt the need for a little luxury they should give in to it , that pampering oneself created an inner glow which proclaimed that this was a Special Woman . |
| 56 | 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 . |
| 57 | 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 . |
| 58 | Nigel turned his head to look at me for the first time and smiled in a kindly manner . |
| 59 | Suddenly , looking at me for the first time , ‘ Tell me , ’ she said , ‘ oh , tell me — what are you in ? ’ |
| 60 | He looked at me for the first time when I said this . |