Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] for [art] first time " in BNC.

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1 The curriculum laid down for the first time what pupils should learn in 10 subjects .
2 Trident sub goes down for the first time
3 ‘ I am particularly excited about the opportunities that it will provide for opening up for the first time higher educational facilities in the area .
4 ‘ Piece of cake , ’ Nails agreed as they lined up for the first time on the pool edge .
5 Davis Cup nerves certainly got to them as they started their defence of a trophy they had only just won back for the first time since 1932 but full marks to the British challengers who gave of their best in terms of commitment and attitude .
6 I was operated on for the first time when I was two or three weeks old .
7 ‘ Greed came in for the first time .
8 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 .
9 Accurate pictures could now be built up for the first time as to how tigers spent their day , how often they killed , their associations with other tigers and how the young animals found and established their own home ranges .
10 He made his Palace debut on Boxing Day , teaming up for the first time with Dickie Dowsett and Ronnie Allen , and helped the Palace romp to a thrilling 3–0 victory over Millwall on a freezing surface .
11 An elderly English lady , with a tendency to pre-war propriety , who told me on the Friday that she was afraid it would all be ‘ another load of pretentious American rubbish ’ , said on Sunday that she had learned to open up for the first time in her life .
12 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 .
13 Late in March Mahmoud showed up for the first time since the Yanks had moved out .
14 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 .
15 Well there there are three there are three organizations or companies there that I think you 'd be er happier in especially going out for the first time and also er your style .
16 The plans for the dump are spelt out for the first time in evidence from the CEGB to the Sizewell inquiry , now in its fourth week .
17 Cal turned round for the first time and stared at Vern .
18 ‘ Well , ’ Jed said , speaking up for the first time , ‘ at least there were n't any tolling bells in it . ’
19 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 .
20 We were like juvenile hurlers togging out for the first time .
21 Eventually , on Feb. 23 , a non-Congress ( I ) government was sworn in for the first time in 10 years .
22 Brian Cox , who runs the operation , says : ‘ Anyone coming in for the first time is going to start by taking on what 's already there .
23 The woman clung to Julia 's hand and broke down for the first time , weeping and pouring out a torrent of Italian that Julia was incapable of translating for herself .
24 The one-year , part-time Certificate was set up for the first time in 1983. it was , and still is , aimed at developing professional competence in language teachers in adult education mainly on a pre-service and , in a more limited way , in-service basis .
25 ‘ In it , the goal of a federal European state is spelled out for the first time . ’
26 That is the view of Northern Ireland Economy Minister Robert Atkins who has spoken out for the first time about Mrs Major , wife of his long time friend , the Prime Minister .
27 The bells rang out for the first time just a day after they arrived back at the church .
28 There was one in this show when Charity Barnum 's understudy went on for the first time .
29 This piece of information caused Makins to slow down for the first time and look at me more carefully .
30 Having driven thirty miles and for fifty minutes , he is forced to slow down for the first time .
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