Example sentences of "[art] first time [verb] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ It is interesting when I bring someone like Rodney Marsh here for the first time to see his reaction .
2 Scientists then often speak of ‘ the scales falling from the eyes ’ or of the ‘ lightning flash ’ that ‘ inundates ’ a previously obscure puzzle , enabling its components to be seen in a new way that for the first time permits its solution .
3 However , now that it is necessary to identify the functions the judges are performing when they sit as visitors in cases which are concerned with the question whether people are fit and proper persons to become or remain barristers , we must for the first time examine their function in that context alone .
4 The Prince smirked and Gaveston turned , for the first time acknowledging their presence with a condescending sneer .
5 He held his head defiantly lifted , as if he wished no man to see him in dejection ; somehow I felt the gesture very characteristic , and was able for the first time to recognize his arrogance .
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