Example sentences of "i [vb past] [pron] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She said : ‘ I met her for the first time this week . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | My sister had a baby about three months ago , and I met it for the first time when I went home . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I sold them for the same price that I had paid myself . |
| 6 | no I were gon na do , I got them for the days |
| 7 | I liked it so much that I used it for the show and played the hell out of it , it sounded so good . |
| 8 | ‘ We do n't want you to be neglected , ’ I told him for the umptieth time . |
| 9 | ‘ Not today , thank you , ’ I told him for the umptieth time . |
| 10 | I prepared myself for the baton change as Mac set off on his leg , so I did not see what happened there . |
| 11 | I defended myself for the first time : I pushed him away . |
| 12 | I paid her for the call , and stayed chatting for a while , answering her queries about the cottage and then telling her of my brother 's expected arrival , and the possibility that he might telephone with a message . |
| 13 | ‘ I have a full staff here but I released them for the fiesta in Palma . |
| 14 | I experienced the joy and excitement of the subject as I discovered something for the first time . |
| 15 | Okay , tell me , " I said , and I stiffened myself for the worst . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Also , I blamed him for the way the bearers had deserted us . |
| 18 | Kernaghan , seeking a transfer this summer from relegated Middlesbrough , said : ’ I 'm pleased and relieved because I blamed myself for the goal Albania scored against us in the last match . |
| 19 | As we left I thanked her for the ‘ nice tea ’ and off we went . |
| 20 | I thanked her for the dance and Werewolf bowed deeply to her ‘ girlfriend ’ ( Oxnard , California ) , which made her day , as they say in those parts . |
| 21 | ‘ I heard it for the first time on Saturday morning . ’ |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | ‘ Alex felt that if I selected him for the Poland game , he should play and try to help us get the result before announcing his retirement , and that was Bryan 's intention . ’ |
| 24 | I braced myself for the explosion but luckily it went between the wheels . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | That is where I spilled vodka on it the day I wore it for the first time . ’ |
| 27 | When I saw him for the first time , I fell in love with him at once . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | ‘ When I saw you for the first time , I thought for a moment you were Sybil — come back to plague me . ’ |