Example sentences of "at [pers pn] [prep] the [num ord] time " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | Nigel turned his head to look at me for the first time and smiled in a kindly manner . |
3 | Suddenly , looking at me for the first time , ‘ Tell me , ’ she said , ‘ oh , tell me — what are you in ? ’ |
4 | He looked at me for the first time when I said this . |
5 | He nodded and he looked at me for the first time . |
6 | He looks at me for the first time . |
7 | He turned towards the two men , smiled at them for the first time . |
8 | It had been one of those deep , deep sleeps ; the kind when you do n't know a thing until your mum starts yelling at you for the umpteenth time that you 're going to be late for school if you do n't get up . |
9 | He looked at her for the first time with real unease . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | As she turned to wait for me at the end of the path , I felt I was looking at her for the first time : her face paler than her arms , a blonde shadow on her upper lip , no lipstick . |
12 | Infected by his laughter the wife of the younger mandarin smiled , and Joseph looked at her for the first time . |
13 | Cheryl looked at her for the first time . |
14 | He shrugged , leaning back in his chair , smiling at her for the first time with that devastating smile which made her heart beat faster . |
15 | He looked at her for the first time and saw the tears on her cheeks that were glistening in the starlight . |
16 | ‘ Please , ’ she replied softly then looked at him for the first time since he had sat down . |
17 | When she said this she looked full at him for the first time and ill though she seemed he saw in her eyes the full pride and command of an eagle . |
18 | ‘ Perhaps , ’ she answered , smiling freely at him for the first time that evening . |
19 | She looked at him for the first time , then lowered her eyes again . |
20 | Her eyes flew upward , looking at him for the first time . |
21 | The boy was standing there , smiling at him for the second time that day . |
22 | He had been thinking about buying Lyn a kitten for her birthday , and as he came up to the great dolmen , had paused to look at it for the thousandth time , he had seen the bundle on the ground . |
23 | You could n't see the card until you unfolded the handkerchief and now Wexford looked at it for the first time . |
24 | He knew the pattern of the carpet by heart but now it was as if he were looking at it for the first time , taking it all in , the design of orange and black squares . |
25 | 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 . |