Example sentences of "to [pers pn] 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 | 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 . |
| 9 | We pray to you for the mastered will , |
| 10 | The surveyor will be responsible to you for the stated purpose of the report . |
| 11 | The sooner I 've seen your grandmother , the sooner I can say goodbye to you for the last time . |
| 12 | We pray to you for the quiet mind , |
| 13 | 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 … |
| 14 | We pray to you for the stalwart faith , |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | We pray to you for the enlightened imagination , |
| 17 | Perhaps , because I had really addressed myself to him for the first time , he thought we were in accord . |
| 18 | It occurred to him for the first time that Celia would be a bad enemy , just as she was a good friend . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Oh , poor Travis , Leith thought , her sympathies going out to him for the terrible time he was having . |
| 21 | Had n't he understood that she had given herself to him for the only reason that made any sense to her . |
| 22 | Is my right hon. Friend aware that I am extremely grateful to him for the wise decision to retain the St. |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | The unremitting contempt had become unendurable , although it occurred to her for the first time that Luke might actually resent her . |
| 26 | The Inspector turned to her for the first time , but if he was cheered by her observation he gave no sign of his approval . |
| 27 | It occurred to her for the first time that there were a couple of curious anomalies in her childhood . |
| 28 | It occurred to her for the first time that there was no sign of a car , apart from her own . |
| 29 | It sounded as though the reality of what they were doing had come home to her for the first time . |
| 30 | Neither was she too happy about the epithet ‘ min skat ’ , which he 'd applied to her for the second time that day . |