Example sentences of "[noun pl] [coord] [verb] for the first " in BNC.

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1 He saw the naked longing in her amber eyes and realized for the first time how much he had been neglecting her .
2 The wise veterans nod their heads and wait for the first whistle .
3 Details are not yet available , but one proposal is to establish regular deadlines for grant applications and to require for the first selection round a short summary of project proposals rather than the full 20-page application , as is now the case .
4 Well , what is a man to do , deprived at a stroke of his habitual daily employment for forty years and living for the first time with his widowed younger sister who is always surveying him for signs of disorder , be they physical , emotional or sartorial , and nagging him about unpunctuality for meals .
5 This means that initially CD-I may be seen by those either upgrading their CD-A players or buying for the first time , as an added available dimension .
6 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 .
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