Example sentences of "to [pers pn] for [art] [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 It was here , in the Syrian capital far to the north of Damascus , that the term ‘ Christian ’ was to be applied to them for the first time .
2 ‘ 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 .
3 And at the end of the class , near the bust of Unamuno , I heard your voice calling to me for the first time .
4 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 .
5 It occurred to me for the first time that he might not know whether or not I 'd lost the baby .
6 The record company had been lending it to me for the last six months , but they gave it to me at the London gig as a present because Andy MacDonald — the feller who owns the company — was so into the gig !
7 Her defiance gave her the courage to lift her eyes to his for the first time , and she saw the surprise and sudden uncertainty that flashed across them .
8 The sooner I 've seen your grandmother , the sooner I can say goodbye to you for the last time .
9 ‘ Whatever you say , Mr Jacobsen , ’ she murmured huskily , and he pulled her to him for a last long kiss that left her breathless and trembling .
10 Perhaps , because I had really addressed myself to him for the first time , he thought we were in accord .
11 It occurred to him for the first time that Celia would be a bad enemy , just as she was a good friend .
12 It came home to him for the first time that what had seemed to him a trivial event , a stupid joke , was something genuinely much bigger to Andrus .
13 But she was going to have to keep the door open to him for the next twenty years and , like it or not , it was something that she would have to come to terms with .
14 Anne herself found that when she voiced her grievances quietly and calmly , rather than screaming them , her family paid attention to her for the first time .
15 Her heart thumped painfully as she remembered him making love to her for the first time , the hard , forceful thrust of his body coming much quicker than she had expected , an abrupt shock after all the gentleness that had gone before .
16 The unremitting contempt had become unendurable , although it occurred to her for the first time that Luke might actually resent her .
17 The Inspector turned to her for the first time , but if he was cheered by her observation he gave no sign of his approval .
18 It occurred to her for the first time that there were a couple of curious anomalies in her childhood .
19 It occurred to her for the first time that there was no sign of a car , apart from her own .
20 It sounded as though the reality of what they were doing had come home to her for the first time .
21 Neither was she too happy about the epithet ‘ min skat ’ , which he 'd applied to her for the second time that day .
22 The bantering tone remained in Surere 's voice but he added edge to it for the last word or two .
23 You will also find a splendid array of fine performers who are coming to us for the first time — many surely due to be favourites of the future .
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