Example sentences of "and [pron] [vb past] for the first " in BNC.
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1 | He stood up and I noticed for the first time a bunch of keys at his belt . |
2 | He looked slightly abstracted ; and I noticed for the first time that his habit of addressing remarks with head bowed — often appearing to contemplate the floor or the ‘ figure in the carpet ’ — had begun to bring about that slight spinal curvature which became accentuated later in life though not without adding to his dignity of bearing . |
3 | Her pink flying suit had two dirty orbs where her backside had imprinted itself on the ground and I noticed for the first time that her trainers were at least size 9 ( men 's ) . |
4 | Fenella took a deep breath and I noticed for the first time just how impressively she could breathe . |
5 | Anyway , I was congratulated once more and I realised for the first time that I was actually doing some good . |
6 | Her crew danced to their tasks , and I understood for the first time the meaning of the Indonesian words for " crewman " — " anak prahu " , literally " child of the prahu " . |
7 | At least , this is how Mary , Freda and I felt for the first few weeks . |
8 | Frances told me about their life in Cornwall and I felt for the first time in my life that I was among people of an older generation that I understood , real people . |
9 | We talked about other things , and I told for the first time the story of how I lost the job at Drummonds , which made us both laugh so much the nurses came running with shocked looks to shut us up . |
10 | Nonetheless , George Albert Smith 's name stands as the inventor of a colour process which was viable , which was shown worldwide , and which presented for the first time on the screen a photographically produced colour picture . |
11 | It was exciting — they were good advertisements , and we waited for the first children to come . |
12 | Paul 's touching letters stood out and they met for the first time shortly before he was posted to the former Yugoslavia . |