Example sentences of "for the [num ord] [noun] [prep] my " in BNC.

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1 As for the second part of my hon. Friend 's supplementary question , I can not anticipate entirely what will happen , but the reduction in mortgage interest rates will obviously have a beneficial effect .
2 This is the scheme for the first part of my evolving jigsaw , with details of the plants required .
3 ‘ For the last few months I 've really been feeling together , an integrated personality for the first time since my breakdown .
4 Yet , in the presence of Williams , he felt ‘ for the first time in my life … in the presence of personal sanctity …
5 For the first time in my life I was having breakfast in my dressing-gown .
6 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 .
7 But there was one obvious change : he was wearing , for the first time in my experience , a dark suit .
8 For the first time in my life it made sense .
9 For the first time in my life I found the real Shakespeare .
10 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 .
11 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 .
12 ‘ Imagine , ’ she said , beaming , ‘ for the first time in my life .
13 For the first time in my life I had a weight problem .
14 I liked it all , because I was lonely for the first time in my life , and an itinerant .
15 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 ) .
16 ‘ 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 . ’
17 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 .
18 For the first time in my career , I was assailed by doubt . ’
19 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 .
20 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 .
21 His son , Nigel , admitted : ‘ For the first time in my career I 'm scared .
22 Immediately , therefore , I was involved in the gay movement and for the first time in my life in a couple relationship .
23 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 .
24 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 .
25 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 .
26 ‘ 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 ! ’
27 For the first time in my life I had a lover who was a companion .
28 For the first time in my life I was made conscious of not being able to control my own situation .
29 I was in great pain , and suddenly for the first time in my life , I forgot my fear of John Reed .
30 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 .
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