Example sentences of "be [v-ing] for the first time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have no doubt that there will be special preparations and allowances made by police and spectators for the Marathon , in which I will be competing for the first time tomorrow . |
| 2 | SOUTH AFRICA , who will be competing for the first time , are to stage the 1995 Rugby World Cup . |
| 3 | The decline in British hedgerows may be slowing for the first time this century , thanks to schemes to subsidise hedge planting . |
| 4 | This year we shall be performing for the first time in Berne , Geneva , Luzern , Zurich and Prague . |
| 5 | Representatives from eastern Europe will be attending for the first time . |
| 6 | Some readers will have been growing roses for years , others may be starting for the first time from scratch , with no preconceived ideas , pattern or convention to adhere to , and a great many more will be at every stage in between . |