Example sentences of "i [verb] [adv] for the first " in BNC.

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1 And another good old word is the crome , now er that was one I came across for the first time when I came into Suffolk , the crome .
2 I remember he laughed and I noticed properly for the first time what a lovely blue his eyes were and a little thrill went through me .
3 Sometimes I drop out for the first verse of songs and let Keith do rhythm and then I come back in for the second verse ; it brings the level of intensity right up .
4 Anyway , being in the fortunate position to be able to drive along the road to Corrour , although my car suspension did n't agree it was so fortunate , a companion and I set off for the first peak , Beinn Eibhinn from halfway along the road , above the river Ghuilbinn .
5 In the meantime , as I recall , er I I asked him who he was and I asked his wife who he was because he had asked what we were doing in his house and when he said his house , I thought then for the first time that perhaps this was n't who er we had on the floor .
6 I went yesterday for the first time .
7 One company director — then unconverted — whom I took there for the first time one Tuesday had this reaction : ‘ All my life I have been longing without knowing it to hear preaching like this . ’
8 And when I left home for the first time , it suddenly occurred to me that there was no reason why I should n't change it .
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