Example sentences of "[vb past] it for the first time " in BNC.

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1 He had one made up , used it for the first time in the 1989 Jersey Open and finished joint fifth , 5-under par and only two behind play-off victor Christy O'Connor Jnr .
2 The first indication that anything was wrong came three months after I had let the tank up and stocked it for the first time .
3 ‘ I heard it for the first time on Saturday morning . ’
4 I flew it for the first time to Dupage Airport to replace the ninety-channel radio with a 720-channel unit , then on to Janesville , Wisconsin , for paint work and a new headliner .
5 Sheppard modelled the statue in 1911–12 and exhibited it for the first time in 1914 .
6 this morning when , where we all watched it for the first time together and as , as Richard said you know , I 'm , I 'm squeamish about going to the dentist , so , and it cos er , it 's basically there 's a scene in the bar where they 're pulling this guy 's tooth out
7 The following is a typical example of the character of the RAF as I saw it for the first time about a couple of months after I got to Baghdad .
8 It required absolutely no breaking in and I wore it for the first time on a nine hour Scottish hill day during the May heatwave in complete comfort .
9 That is where I spilled vodka on it the day I wore it for the first time . ’
10 My sister had a baby about three months ago , and I met it for the first time when I went home . ’
11 A thing of great beauty , it was not unusual to hear sharp intakes of breath as people beheld it for the first time .
12 As he said it for the first time a smile flickered across his face , and in that instant his features were totally transformed .
13 In fact , as she considered it for the first time , she wondered how any of them had survived to tell the tale .
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