Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] for [art] first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | He had one made up , used it for the first time in the 1989 Jersey Open and finished joint fifth , 5-under par and only two behind play-off victor Christy O'Connor Jnr . |
2 | Just then he noticed me for the first time . |
3 | He buggered me for the first time that night , reaching round and putting his hand over my mouth , tearing me in two . |
4 | Then Folly reached the top of the steps , and the woman noticed her for the first time . |
5 | To cover the fact that she had far too many feelings altogether , she ignored him for the first part of the morning . |
6 | Jean Cocteau , Peggy Guggenheim tells us in her autobiography Confessions of an Art Addict , received her for the first time comfortably horizontal between the sheets , smoking opium . |
7 | That was when I met you for the first time , last week , at the consciousness-raising group that we started at the women 's centre a few weeks ago . |
8 | I defended myself for the first time : I pushed him away . |
9 | I experienced the joy and excitement of the subject as I discovered something for the first time . |
10 | The quarrel between faith and unbelief touched him for the first time and unsettled his mind . |
11 | The first indication that anything was wrong came three months after I had let the tank up and stocked it for the first time . |
12 | ‘ I heard it for the first time on Saturday morning . ’ |
13 | It hit me for the first time that the bands and comedians were going to be performing here for free , for John , for us . |
14 | When my feeble protests were ignored back there it hit me for the first time that I was n't a civilian any more . |
15 | Carers are likely to be looking after a dying loved one for the first time in their life ; their anxieties may be greater than the patient 's . |
16 | As he unhesitatingly obeyed , she watched him , really examined him for the first time in their acquaintance . |
17 | I flew it for the first time to Dupage Airport to replace the ninety-channel radio with a 720-channel unit , then on to Janesville , Wisconsin , for paint work and a new headliner . |
18 | Sheppard modelled the statue in 1911–12 and exhibited it for the first time in 1914 . |
19 | this morning when , where we all watched it for the first time together and as , as Richard said you know , I 'm , I 'm squeamish about going to the dentist , so , and it cos er , it 's basically there 's a scene in the bar where they 're pulling this guy 's tooth out |
20 | She said : ‘ I met her for the first time this week . ’ |
21 | ‘ I only met her for the first time earlier this evening . ’ |
22 | Thomas Poole the younger had been born into comfortable West Somerset obscurity in 1765 , and gave little sign to those who met him for the first time of the great gifts of character and intellect which he possessed . |
23 | Igor Stravinsky met him for the first time in this year , and recalled how shy he seemed . |
24 | I met him for the first time ever when he took over the leadership of the party from the recently deceased Hugh Gaitskell in February 1963 . |
25 | met him for the first time I think and erm |
26 | She saw them for the first time about half way through the second week . |
27 | He saw me for the first time . |
28 | ‘ When I saw you for the first time , I thought for a moment you were Sybil — come back to plague me . ’ |
29 | His heart lurched as he saw her for the first time for nine years , now in her new role as a woman . |
30 | The Campbells were waiting to greet him in the hall , and Elizabeth saw him for the first time . |