Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [pers pn] [prep] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | You could tell her it 's her fault , not mine and next time she 's feeling like a bit of fun — if that was what she had been feeling like — maybe she 'd give a chap a chance to explain that there 's already a woman in his flat , a woman he will kick out with the utmost speed if she 'd just hang on , a woman he never even invited into it in the first place . |
| 2 | It occurred to me for the first time that he might not know whether or not I 'd lost the baby . |
| 3 | The unremitting contempt had become unendurable , although it occurred to her for the first time that Luke might actually resent her . |
| 4 | It occurred to her for the first time that there were a couple of curious anomalies in her childhood . |
| 5 | It occurred to her for the first time that there was no sign of a car , apart from her own . |
| 6 | It occurred to him for the first time that Celia would be a bad enemy , just as she was a good friend . |
| 7 | Nothing came for her by the first post . |
| 8 | ‘ It came from me in the first place , did n't it ? |
| 9 | She turned to him with the first real interest in her face that he 'd seen . |
| 10 | The Inspector turned to her for the first time , but if he was cheered by her observation he gave no sign of his approval . |
| 11 | This has been quite a long , drawn-out argument , and it is time to remind ourselves of how we got into it in the first place . |
| 12 | My film adaptation of Anthony Delano 's richly comic book slip-Up ’ How Fleet Street caught Ronnie Biggs and Scotland Yard lost him ’ cost the not unastronomical sum of £600,000 to make , so should it turn out to be money down the drain the BBC will have to face some embarrassing questions about why it embarked on it in the first place if it thought the story might be defamatory . |
| 13 | It dawned on her for the first time that perhaps the other woman had married for money . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | He looked at her for the first time with real unease . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Infected by his laughter the wife of the younger mandarin smiled , and Joseph looked at her for the first time . |
| 18 | Cheryl looked at her for the first time . |
| 19 | He looked at her for the first time and saw the tears on her cheeks that were glistening in the starlight . |
| 20 | ‘ Please , ’ she replied softly then looked at him for the first time since he had sat down . |
| 21 | She looked at him for the first time , then lowered her eyes again . |
| 22 | He looked at me for the first time when I said this . |
| 23 | He nodded and he looked at me for the first time . |
| 24 | You could n't see the card until you unfolded the handkerchief and now Wexford looked at it for the first time . |
| 25 | Of the twenty original members it is likely that only two ( Sir Keith Joseph and Airey Neave ) voted for her on the first ballot for the leadershiP election in 1975 . |
| 26 | ‘ 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 . |
| 27 | He turned towards the two men , smiled at them for the first time . |
| 28 | He 's a very contented baby , a joy to his parents and big sister , and today at nine weeks old ( 40+3 ) , he smiled at us for the first time . |
| 29 | Well now , what they 've done something which I think if there as I said to you in the first place , if they 'd have run their cards played their cards right , they could have said to that fellow ‘ look you 've got no rights to be here , we never gave you planning ’ what 's wrong with this planning people , they step here and they step there , there 's people do things without planning permission , they do nothing at all about it , if I was to go and stick something up in my front garden , they 'd come along and say ‘ hey , . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ There ai n't no list , lady , ’ he said as he pushed past her with the first of the consignment . |