Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [prep] the first time " in BNC.

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1 Wings appear externally for the first time and the insect takes on the appearance of an adult .
2 A REVOLUTIONARY new Siberian surgery technique could help people in Teesside suffering from bone problems walk properly for the first time .
3 Aid workers say Central Bosnia , cut off for the first time this Winter by the war between Croats and Muslims , is facing a humanitarian catastrophe .
4 When you walk you wait there for the first time do n't you ?
5 Gazza and Maradona square up for the first time for the world 's undisputed No 1 title as Lazio take on Seville in a friendly in Spain .
6 DUNCAN FERGUSON and Scott Booth will this afternoon get the opportunity to justify Craig Brown 's opinion that they are full internationalists of the future when they team up for the first time in Scotland 's Under-21 side .
7 International : Iran election feeds debate on ‘ Islamic solution ’ Iranians vote today for the first time since Khomeini died .
8 as if in recognition of the inherent limitations of the appeals system in this respect , the Magistrates ' Association issued a set of national guide-lines , in 1999 , which set out for the first time a scale of recommended penalties covering the 25 commonest offence types likely to come before the magistrates , together with guidance on the approach to be adopted for different degrees of seriousness .
9 ‘ Sadly , it seems that some young people find it difficult to adjust when they leave home for the first time . ’
10 You go to the most wonderful places , you STAND in Soweto outside Nelson Mandela 's little house and watch him come home for the first time in 25 years .
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