Example sentences of "for the first time in my " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet , in the presence of Williams , he felt ‘ for the first time in my life … in the presence of personal sanctity … |
| 2 | For the first time in my life I was having breakfast in my dressing-gown . |
| 3 | They turned out to be very nice digs , but I was still faced , for the first time in my life , with the practicalities of keeping myself fed and clothed , and getting to lectures and passing exams . |
| 4 | But there was one obvious change : he was wearing , for the first time in my experience , a dark suit . |
| 5 | For the first time in my life it made sense . |
| 6 | For the first time in my life I found the real Shakespeare . |
| 7 | I still did n't realise what the trouble might be , although I dare say the germ of cancer may have nestled for the first time in my mind . |
| 8 | For the first time in my life , my hair behaved itself and curled round my face in a manner which I considered most flattering , and my make-up went on well on a skin which did n't have one spot or blemish . |
| 9 | ‘ Imagine , ’ she said , beaming , ‘ for the first time in my life . |
| 10 | For the first time in my life I had a weight problem . |
| 11 | I liked it all , because I was lonely for the first time in my life , and an itinerant . |
| 12 | As I did n't want to undergo the inconvenience of surgery to remove the offending gall bladder , I opted for virtually fat free eating , with the miraculous side effect of acquiring slim hips and thighs for the first time in my adult life ( see photograph on next page ) . |
| 13 | ‘ Not very much , ’ she — I think I will say ‘ retorted ’ for the first time in my life , ‘ for I daresay Elizabeth will have to take off everything . ’ |
| 14 | I pursued the howling dog , hands clawed and teeth bared , stopping only when my rage was replaced by the realisation that for the first time in my life I 'd put another human being before myself . |
| 15 | For the first time in my career , I was assailed by doubt . ’ |
| 16 | For the first time in my life I found myself surrounded by friends — friends whom I found interesting , and friends who appeared to find me interesting , bright and witty , despite my all-too-evident disadvantages . |
| 17 | In a way I was happy : I had achieved something , I was winning for the first time in my life , and I had a strong sense of myself as a differentiated individual . |
| 18 | His son , Nigel , admitted : ‘ For the first time in my career I 'm scared . |
| 19 | Immediately , therefore , I was involved in the gay movement and for the first time in my life in a couple relationship . |
| 20 | I do n't know whether it affects anyone else but what happened to me was that for the first time in my adult life I began to feel part of a community . |
| 21 | I 'VE just been to court for the first time in my life at 74 , because my local council said I owed them £63 for my wife 's poll tax during 1991–92 . |
| 22 | I tried , for the first time in my life , to understand what it must have been like then , under tsarist rule , where people , peasants , were no more than livestock , to be dealt with by the aristocracy as they saw fit . |
| 23 | ‘ Well , I remember after we had had a big success at Covent Garden with Elektra he turned to me and said , ‘ You know , Birgit , for the first time in my career I get good notices here in London ! ’ |
| 24 | For the first time in my life I had a lover who was a companion . |
| 25 | For the first time in my life I was made conscious of not being able to control my own situation . |
| 26 | I was in great pain , and suddenly for the first time in my life , I forgot my fear of John Reed . |
| 27 | For the first time in my life I have friends , and interests , shared interests like baseball and opera and partying , and I gleam and bobble with privilege . |
| 28 | I therefore started working for the first time in my life . |
| 29 | Do n't you understand , for the first time in my life I 'm afraid of her … |
| 30 | 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 . |