Example sentences of "my [noun] for the first " in BNC.

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1 I was taken from the cellar in Beirut and enjoyed the warmth of the sun on my skin for the first time in a thousand days .
2 Dacourt looked at me under lowered brows as if recognising my existence for the first time .
3 In the case of other human beings I have the evidence of my senses for the first and last links of the series , but not for the intermediate link .
4 It 'd be easier if we met my troops for the first time at the concert , ’ he said .
5 ‘ Before the fight they were chanting my name for the first time and I could see the effect it had on Ruddock , his head was going down while my chest was swelling with pride .
6 I washed my billycans for the first time since Reggane , and cleaned the kit and groundsheet with disinfectant .
7 It was on that occasion — in the strangely bare study of Darlington Hall — that Mr Farraday shook my hand for the first time , but by then we were hardly strangers to each other ; quite aside from the matter of the staff , my new employer in several other instances had had occasion to call upon such qualities as it may be my good fortune to possess and found them to be , I would venture , dependable .
8 I reckon I 'd hardly surface from my bunker for the first few days . ’
9 That 's how I got interested in the sport : I read about the first black champion , Jack Johnson and it created my interest for the first time .
10 My target for the first 6 games was 10 points .
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