Example sentences of "to i [prep] [art] first [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ 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 . |
2 | And at the end of the class , near the bust of Unamuno , I heard your voice calling to me for the first time . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | It occurred to me for the first time that he might not know whether or not I 'd lost the baby . |
5 | Teachers would come up smiling — not having spoken to me since the first year and now I was a sixth former . |
6 | Not anything like it would have been if Uncle Bill had left it to me in the first place , because it will pay duty twice . ’ |
7 | Why did n't you show it to me in the first place ? |
8 | ‘ She did come to me in the first place . ’ |