Example sentences of "i [verb] [pron] for [art] [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 At this point I thought she might be distracted by the kid whose chair was sticking out , so I asked him for a second time to move back even further .
2 She said : ‘ I met her for the first time this week . ’
3 I met him for the first time ever when he took over the leadership of the party from the recently deceased Hugh Gaitskell in February 1963 .
4 My sister had a baby about three months ago , and I met it for the first time when I went home . ’
5 That was when I met you for the first time , last week , at the consciousness-raising group that we started at the women 's centre a few weeks ago .
6 ‘ We do n't want you to be neglected , ’ I told him for the umptieth time .
7 ‘ Not today , thank you , ’ I told him for the umptieth time .
8 Or , when the , no , when I see , I meet someone for the first time .
9 I defended myself for the first time : I pushed him away .
10 Having read both books for the first time , I really enjoyed them , but once I read them for the second time , I saw how little there really was to them .
11 I remember the excitement and relief I felt when I read it for the first time as a very young nun .
12 I experienced the joy and excitement of the subject as I discovered something for the first time .
13 I kissed her for the last time as she lay in her hospital bed : the bedclothes were crisp and undisturbed , and she looked very clean , just as she would have wanted to ; and very small , because she was so old , and having started life none too big had ended up , at the age of ninety-one , not much bigger than a child .
14 I heard it for the first time on Saturday morning . ’
15 I flew it for the first time to Dupage Airport to replace the ninety-channel radio with a 720-channel unit , then on to Janesville , Wisconsin , for paint work and a new headliner .
16 It required absolutely no breaking in and I wore it for the first time on a nine hour Scottish hill day during the May heatwave in complete comfort .
17 That is where I spilled vodka on it the day I wore it for the first time . ’
18 When I saw him for the first time , I fell in love with him at once .
19 Well they , I had to go to Road police station , London , it was quite good , the detective took , took me around that little area and er then when I got ready to collect to take him to Liverpool Street Station , I saw him for the first time , man about sixty one and he 'd got two suitcases , one lighter than the other , and while I was signing for him and his property I said to him , you take that light one and I 'll take the bigger one with the view to getting on the bus to get to Liverpool Street st but the inspector there was very good , he said I 'm not going to oh and I said to you take the light case I 'll take the high one , he said I ca n't carry anything , I got a rupture .
20 The following is a typical example of the character of the RAF as I saw it for the first time about a couple of months after I got to Baghdad .
21 ‘ When I saw you for the first time , I thought for a moment you were Sybil — come back to plague me . ’
22 ‘ Well , like , ten minutes ago , because I need it for the next programme . ’
23 I was so relieved it was all over and my baby was alright and I held him for the first time .
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