Example sentences of "[prep] the very [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the very first time , the leadership of all the major constitutional nationalist parties in Ireland , representing 90 per cent of the nationalist population , had abandoned the concept of the tyranny of the majority will . |
| 2 | This would clearly imply some involvement by the Dublin government in the internal affairs of Northern Ireland for the very first time . |
| 3 | How was it possible that in a single fraction of a second , and for the very first time , she discovered a motion of the arm and body so perfect and polished that it resembled a finished work of art ? |
| 4 | The Paul Jones and the emotional somersaults when the music stopped and they came face to face for the very first time . |
| 5 | Now , briefly , possibly for the very first time in his life , he felt helpless and miserable at one and the same time . |
| 6 | After the State funeral , plans were made for the Coronation , which for the very first time was to be televised . |
| 7 | Let's face it , all of us are romantic at heart , and even more so when we 're young , possibly even falling in love for the very first time . |
| 8 | On that night he watched himself in the mirror all night , and for the very first time he was the one who asked for things and who made things happen in the order that he wanted them to . |
| 9 | ‘ Goodnight , Mother , ’ and then Boy said ( for the very first time ) : ‘ Goodnight , Mother . ’ |
| 10 | It was O , calling Boy up for the very first time . |
| 11 | Then , for the very first time in my life , a faint light flickered somewhere inside me . |
| 12 | The overall structural and emotional focus of the work is consistently sustained with such burning insight that it was almost as thought one were hearing the Sonata for the very first time . |
| 13 | But after the second programme Yorkshire Television installed block heaters throughout the house in lieu of a fee , so Low Birk Hatt was heated properly for the very first time . |
| 14 | For the very first time in her life she needed someone . |
| 15 | It was brought home to them , for the very first time , that Tamar had never once described her abode . |
| 16 | As for Christmas Day itself , do n't panic if you 're cooking a big turkey lunch for the very first time . |
| 17 | I am a new reader having bought Machine Knitting Monthly for the very first time this morning . |
| 18 | There 's little dawdling to sniff flowers now , just giddy , breakneck pop ; ‘ In Love For The Very First Time ’ is gushing and gossipy , while ‘ Be Your Baby ’ is '60s girl group sentiment wised up and flung into the backroom of the Camden Falcon . |
| 19 | Mr Edwards was delighted that for the very first time someone had started to consider the interests of the parents . |
| 20 | for the very first time , |
| 21 | However the alliance represents a watershed for Chorus , which is now embarked on a binary strategy for the very first time , though where exactly it goes from here is still unclear . |
| 22 | Having loaded your game for the very first time , the last thing you want to do is read an instruction sheet this size . |
| 23 | Helen Martin , our chairperson said , ‘ The Heatfest weekend was so important to us as tenants because for the very first time , the people who live in the damp houses got the opportunity to sit round the table with the people who in the past were responsible for creating the kinds of conditions that we are now forced to live in and we could say , hey look ! |
| 24 | I spent a little while there and enjoyed a helicopter trip for the very first time , although not without considerable trepidation having once or twice seen pictures of them whizzing down to the ground in pieces . |
| 25 | Well , in this view — quite possibly for the very first time in the history of their occupations — publishers and booksellers are wrong . |
| 26 | He had felt sure when he left his hotel room that every eye in Saigon would be on him that evening because he was wearing a white tuxedo for the very first time in his young life . |
| 27 | She said , as if she was seeing the possibility of doubt for the very first time , ‘ You arc the man from the pest control ? ’ |
| 28 | She allowed her fingers to roam , her eyes tightly shut , her mind vividly picturing him as she had seen him for the very first time . |
| 29 | Monday arrived , as we set out we had two major obstacles to overcome , firstly not getting lost in Budapest ( which we achieved for the very first time ) and secondly getting through the border between Hungary and Romania . |
| 30 | He tells me of the only time he has seen his mother drink ; her infant grandchild vomited on her coat , and she spouted a fine , volatile performance , screaming Christ Almighty the cross a woman has to bear , taking the Lord 's name in vain for the very first time . |