Example sentences of "[verb] it for the first time " in BNC.
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| 31 | The Formula One world champion test drives it for the first time in Phoenix on January 4 and will find his sleek , high-speed T93 series chassis also longer , bigger , heavier and cheaper than any previous IndyCar or championship-winning Canon Williams Renault FW14 . |
| 32 | The strange fragrance was stronger now , coming over the top of the rise in a wave of scent that struck him powerfully — as the scent of orange-blossom in the Mediterranean strikes a traveller who smells it for the first time . |
| 33 | I 'm not complaining about it , but I say I did n't raise it for the first time |
| 34 | The employee had conceived the idea for the valve in March 1985 and was able to test it for the first time several months later ; the employer applied for a UK patent in March 1986 ; and three years later the employee applied for compensation . |
| 35 | A thing of great beauty , it was not unusual to hear sharp intakes of breath as people beheld it for the first time . |
| 36 | As he said it for the first time a smile flickered across his face , and in that instant his features were totally transformed . |
| 37 | Because I have on good information and I 'll say it for the first time on this programme , I intend to give this in my evidence tomorrow , that Rover intend to close not the south works first , but the north works first . |
| 38 | Has anybody read it for the first time for this course ? |
| 39 | In fact , as she considered it for the first time , she wondered how any of them had survived to tell the tale . |