Example sentences of "to [pron] for the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was here , in the Syrian capital far to the north of Damascus , that the term ‘ Christian ’ was to be applied to them for the first time . |
| 2 | ‘ … the impracticability of individual copyright holders administering their performing rights effectively means that membership of a performing right society is the only way in which composers , songwriters and music publishers can adequately protect their rights and receive what is due to them for the public use of their work . ’ |
| 3 | For the first time I had an opportunity of seeing Barbara at work in detailed negotiations , and whatever small credit attached to me for the major idea , the scale and ingenuity that she expended on the detail and in making it possible to arrive at a suitable settlement was beyond praise . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . |
| 5 | And at the end of the class , near the bust of Unamuno , I heard your voice calling to me for the first time . |
| 6 | Professor Ruiperez told me I need not start my classes until I was quite recovered , and the women in the office and the library spoke friendly words to me for the first time . |
| 7 | It occurred to me for the first time that he might not know whether or not I 'd lost the baby . |
| 8 | Janice sends very many thanks to everyone for the lovely flowers she received while in hospital recently and thanks also to the super evening she spent at Avery Hill Easter Party . |
| 9 | Her defiance gave her the courage to lift her eyes to his for the first time , and she saw the surprise and sudden uncertainty that flashed across them . |
| 10 | We pray to you for the mastered will , |
| 11 | The surveyor will be responsible to you for the stated purpose of the report . |
| 12 | The sooner I 've seen your grandmother , the sooner I can say goodbye to you for the last time . |
| 13 | We pray to you for the quiet mind , |
| 14 | I wanted to talk to you for the whole journey , but I could n't let you know that , so I just sat there thinking , I 've got to touch her … |
| 15 | We pray to you for the stalwart faith , |
| 16 | You will have achieved very little if parents sort problems one at a time and keep coming back to you for the same advice for each one . |
| 17 | We pray to you for the enlightened imagination , |
| 18 | Perhaps , because I had really addressed myself to him for the first time , he thought we were in accord . |
| 19 | It occurred to him for the first time that Celia would be a bad enemy , just as she was a good friend . |
| 20 | It came home to him for the first time that what had seemed to him a trivial event , a stupid joke , was something genuinely much bigger to Andrus . |
| 21 | Oh , poor Travis , Leith thought , her sympathies going out to him for the terrible time he was having . |
| 22 | Had n't he understood that she had given herself to him for the only reason that made any sense to her . |
| 23 | Is my right hon. Friend aware that I am extremely grateful to him for the wise decision to retain the St. |
| 24 | Anne herself found that when she voiced her grievances quietly and calmly , rather than screaming them , her family paid attention to her for the first time . |
| 25 | Her heart thumped painfully as she remembered him making love to her for the first time , the hard , forceful thrust of his body coming much quicker than she had expected , an abrupt shock after all the gentleness that had gone before . |
| 26 | The unremitting contempt had become unendurable , although it occurred to her for the first time that Luke might actually resent her . |
| 27 | The Inspector turned to her for the first time , but if he was cheered by her observation he gave no sign of his approval . |
| 28 | It occurred to her for the first time that there were a couple of curious anomalies in her childhood . |
| 29 | It occurred to her for the first time that there was no sign of a car , apart from her own . |
| 30 | It sounded as though the reality of what they were doing had come home to her for the first time . |