Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] for the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | This was known as the PC-5A and flew for the first time in July 1939 . |
| 32 | Doreen glanced down , and blushed for the first time in a long while . |
| 33 | Only the terror of being caught by the creature — I could all too clearly imagine myself being hurled from the roof — drove me to climb over into space and feel for the first rung of the ladder . |
| 34 | It was when I took my jacket off and stood before a mirror and saw for the first time that all I was was a pair of scarlet braces , that I realised that evangelism was n't enough . |
| 35 | I looked out and saw for the first time the main street of Koraloona 's largest town , Anani : a dusty white strip of road , a long row of assorted shops , a few cars . |
| 36 | Burton has declared that it was when he was performing that scene on the stage that he felt the hairs on his neck stand on end and knew for the first time the power he could have over an audience . |
| 37 | With less than a minute of the second half played Cork again jumped into the lead with a Thomas Mulcahy goal but Wexford replied immediately and led for the first time when Eamonn Cleary had their only goal in the 37th minute . |
| 38 | Carolina , a sixteen-year-old whose mother is learning to read and write for the first time , is a voluntary helper with the grandmothers ' group . |
| 39 | Jerking the trigger instead of squeezing it with a steady pressure , meant the gun muzzle being pulled slightly down and left for the first shot . |
| 40 | Edouard looked up , and smiled for the first time . |
| 41 | He opened the letter , saw the name at the bottom , and smiled for the first time that day . |
| 42 | For centuries civilised man thought poetry was the pinnacle he must reach for — ’ He caught himself suddenly and smiled for the first time Blanche had known him to , the embarrassed smile of a passionate devotee who suddenly discovers that everyone around him , whom he thought entranced by his obsession , was in fact sniggering behind his back . |
| 43 | Nadine clicked her tongue and smiled for the first time . |
| 44 | She looked young and pretty and relaxed for the first part of the evening until a ghastly sense of anti-climax set in when she realized that many of the young English guests had arrived well watered and rowdy after their coach trip , soon to become hideously drunk on the Ashley 's generous provision of champagne and wine , with a few dainty canapés and other elegant nibbles . |
| 45 | Chesarynth sensed it and realized for the first time that what she was hearing was nothing but verbally-trimmed ideas . |
| 46 | He saw the naked longing in her amber eyes and realized for the first time how much he had been neglecting her . |
| 47 | Maximilian said , and Edward looked at him with interest and regard for the first time . |
| 48 | Gleizes and Le Fauconnier became friendly in 1909 after a meeting at the home of a young socialist writer named Alexandre Mercereau , where Gleizes also met Metzinger and Delaunay for the first time in the following year , although these meetings did not lead to immediate friendship , and Gleizes knew little about their work . |
| 49 | She flushed and hesitated , as if realizing for the first time where all this was leading . |
| 50 | Truly to celebrate the sacrament for the first time , and to feel for the first time that the hands were the instruments through which God chose to nourish the souls of his people , could be overwhelming with gratitude or with penitence . |
| 51 | Robyn clutched the cast-iron railing and wondered for the first time why her legs felt so shaky and weird , why her stomach was churning so violently . |
| 52 | He said he did not want to involve British troops and planes in action , but admitted for the first time that it was a possibility . |
| 53 | Bufi 's " government of national stability " was announced on June 12 , including PLA members but incorporating for the first time the DP as well as the Republican Party , the Social Democratic Party and the Agrarian Party ; nine members were non-party . |
| 54 | And the most dangerous players in the world today are those athletic and financially secure ones who calculate risks with the astuteness of a bank manager , but go for the first prize , if possible , and the subsequent contracts , knowing that if the high-flying fairway wood does n't clear a ditch at Augusta , they can still enjoy a steak dinner tonight , thanks to a pitch and single putt ! |
| 55 | That will be the convenient and sensible course because what such a defendant is seeking is not so much to correct an error in the judge 's decision , for which appeals to this court are designed , but to have for the first time a hearing at which his evidence is considered . |
| 56 | Also in this category , but published for the first time in this volume , is the article Jackie And Just Seventeen which not only records changes in the content of girls ' magazines over the 80s ( since McRobbie 's original analysis of the late 70s , also included here ) but registers theoretical developments as well through its attention to the ways in which girls as readers both construct their own meanings and interact with the texts . |
| 57 | When stopped for the first offence , he claimed the cruise control on his BMW was set at 98mph . |
| 58 | This is also the first thing we can tell about a person when meeting for the first time . |
| 59 | This measurement may , therefore , be of clinical value in the assessment of a patient with impaired renal function when seen for the first time . |
| 60 | When introduced for the first time , technical terms can be helpfully identified by having inverted commas round them . |