Example sentences of "i [vb past] for [art] first " in BNC.
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| 31 | My hands were cold , gloved as they were , and though I wore a jersey , jacket and jeans , I shivered for the first ten minutes . |
| 32 | I learned for the first time what it was to be a stranger , an immigrant from primitive parts who spoke with a funny accent and called things by their wrong names . |
| 33 | I wished for the first time that I had taken that knife and turned it on Nour and let his blood . |
| 34 | Alone in bed I wondered for the first time whether the girl had been truly dead when we threw her into the river . |