Example sentences of "me [prep] the first [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Susan uses me for the first person pronoun [ G2 ] , and unmarked past tense [ G4 ] in tell , see , pick and run , and she has initial /t/ in ting , " thing " [ P17 ] . |
2 | Offering the blond English boy — the one I was throwing water at now — half my lunch , and sitting there full of gratitude because he smiled , because he liked the taste of the piece of chicken dipped in cumin and saffron and he had smiled at me for the first time . |
3 | ‘ 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 . |
4 | And at the end of the class , near the bust of Unamuno , I heard your voice calling to me for the first time . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | As the white cliffs of Dover receded and the coast of France drew near , the inimitable excitement of ‘ abroad ’ took hold of me for the first time — the only really positive emotion I had felt for twenty-six months . |
7 | He saw me for the first time . |
8 | At once she burst into tears and hugging me for the first time in years ( it seemed ) , cried , ‘ If only I had their faith ! ’ |
9 | Nigel turned his head to look at me for the first time and smiled in a kindly manner . |
10 | It occurred to me for the first time that he might not know whether or not I 'd lost the baby . |
11 | He glared up at me as though seeing me for the first time . |
12 | Suddenly , looking at me for the first time , ‘ Tell me , ’ she said , ‘ oh , tell me — what are you in ? ’ |
13 | Within a few days of seeing me for the first time , he summoned me once again to tell me that the Labour Party did not wish to continue with the action . |
14 | Just then he noticed me for the first time . |
15 | He looked at me for the first time when I said this . |
16 | It hit me for the first time that the bands and comedians were going to be performing here for free , for John , for us . |
17 | When my feeble protests were ignored back there it hit me for the first time that I was n't a civilian any more . |
18 | As she did so she seemed to notice me for the first time . |
19 | He nodded and he looked at me for the first time . |
20 | He looks at me for the first time . |
21 | He buggered me for the first time that night , reaching round and putting his hand over my mouth , tearing me in two . |
22 | Well that 's what everybody sings to me when them and they meet me for the first time or get introduced to me . |
23 | I now see that Travis is so smitten that he would n't accept anything but that , meeting me for the first time when I called at your apartment , you at once became very much attracted to me . |
24 | ‘ Can you imagine me as the First Lady ? ’ she asked a friend in 1962 . |
25 | Two cherry berets took me through the first gate . |
26 | ‘ Dustin was so far ahead of me through the first half of the picture , it was n't even funny , ’ Peckinpah confessed . |
27 | He could have dropped me off the first time ! |
28 | I 'd like you to tell me about the first time you were really aware of these symptoms , then the worst episode you can remember , and then the last … . |
29 | ‘ He 's so repressed , Eddie , ’ she told me after the first time . |
30 | SEEING THE ARTICLE on the ‘ 109 in the July issue of FlyPast reminded me of the first time I saw it . |