Example sentences of "my [noun sg] for [art] 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 | ‘ 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 . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | I reckon I 'd hardly surface from my bunker for the first few days . ’ |
6 | 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 . |
7 | My target for the first 6 games was 10 points . |