Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] for the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I learned for the first time what it was to be a stranger , an immigrant from primitive parts who spoke with a funny accent and called things by their wrong names . |
| 32 | I wished for the first time that I had taken that knife and turned it on Nour and let his blood . |
| 33 | Later I found out that a standby wife had got halfway down the aisle before turning back , remorseful at abandoning her husband , leaving one empty seat — my seat , I brooded , as I waited for the next flight . ) |
| 34 | I used a variant of it in a pastiche of the 1930s story I wrote for the fiftieth anniversary of Collins Crime Club in 1980 . |
| 35 | Alone in bed I wondered for the first time whether the girl had been truly dead when we threw her into the river . |
| 36 | The contractions stopped and I wondered for the hundredth time what my son would look like . |
| 37 | She experienced for the first time the frightening inhospitality of city streets . |
| 38 | She realised for the first time how Benjamin must be feeling . |
| 39 | ‘ But only because when we turned up at the solicitor 's to work out the marriage settlement — her idea , not mine — she realised for the first time that I was n't as rich as she thought . |
| 40 | Speechless , she glared at him , then felt the colour start back to her cheeks as she realised for the first time what he was dressed in , which was very little indeed . |
| 41 | But as she sipped the hot , reviving brew , she realised for the first time since buying the house just how very quiet it was — eerily quiet . |
| 42 | She had n't missed him at all when he died , but now she realized for the first time that she had lost her father . |
| 43 | She realized for the first time fully consciously that she was ill at ease with , even afraid of , very tall men . |
| 44 | When she heard the voice of Sam 's mother she realized for the first time that it was more than likely that her own mother would , during the course of the evening , make some reference to the dinner-party which , she had been led to believe , was taking place in Pam 's house . |
| 45 | ‘ But why ca n't I join Brownies , Mummy ? ’ she asked for the twentieth time . |
| 46 | At the door , she stopped for the last time . |
| 47 | She claimed she had never realised the significance of the tape , which she played for the first time ‘ weeks later ’ . |
| 48 | She noticed for the first time that he was wearing a pair of white , glowing incongruously in the twilight . |
| 49 | She noticed for the first time that they had stopped , and looking round , discovered that they were outside the house . |
| 50 | She noticed for the first time that he had a slight limp . |
| 51 | In her bedroom now , sipping her whisky , she acknowledged for the first time in her life that if she had to make a list of the happy times , it would properly have to include the hours she had spent with Graham in his garden . |
| 52 | As she descended the stairs , she appreciated for the first time how far she had fallen from grace . |
| 53 | She exhibited for the first time in spring 1900 at the New English Art Club , an organization with strong Slade connections , and continued to show there twice yearly until 1903 . |
| 54 | Just like a shark , she thought for the second time that night , and the image did n't entirely displease her . |
| 55 | ‘ We 're so lucky ! ’ she thought for the umpteenth time . |
| 56 | Only when Bert Rafferty was called to give evidence did Harriet Tremayne show any sign of breaking down , as she listened for the first time to his description of exactly what had happened on that harrowing morning . |
| 57 | She listened for the first time in ages , pouring herself another glass of wine , knowing she was drinking a little too much , but doing it out of a desire to annoy Luke . |
| 58 | She looked for the last time . |
| 59 | A month ago he had come to see her and now she understood for the first time that what he had said to her then would change her life . |
| 60 | Coming back , she saw for the first time that a letter addressed to herself lay on the kitchen table . |