Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [verb] for the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Paris ! ) , then took a growler and made for the first address I had . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | A line creeping forward , and a rabble of men leaving the hatch and hurrying for the first bench place they could find . |
| 4 | Last night , she said she would be taking a play to the Edinburgh Festival and directing for the first time . |
| 5 | While the aide translated these remarks Joseph Sherman took the opportunity to glance around the room and noticed for the first time that groups of diminutive Annamese were standing quietly with their wives among the taller European men and women . |
| 6 | Nadine clicked her tongue and smiled for the first time . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ Is it really worth going somewhere else ? ’ she asked a trifly wistfully , filling her lungs with cool fresh air and realising for the first time that the pavements were damp and it must have been raining . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | In the meantime , the railway 's in-service stock is being repainted in a new dark red and ivory livery , mainly by one locally based volunteer and adorned for the first time with the railway 's insignia . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Maximilian said , and Edward looked at him with interest and regard for the first time . |