Example sentences of "who [verb] for the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Soviet announcement in September 1989 that it was to dismantle the Krasnoyarsk radar station in Siberia ( see p. 36909 ) was followed by a statement on Oct. 23 , 1989 , by the Soviet Foreign Minister , Eduard Shevardnadze , who admitted for the first time that the location and orientation of the radar station constituted " a violation of the ABM treaty " . |
| 2 | Christina flicked back her long hair and concentrated on Pauline , who seemed for the first time to want to confide in her . |
| 3 | Yes , they 've got a week or two to get it together and send it in , but we know from what people have pledged that that 's what we can expect at least , and that 's from over a thousand cyclists ranging from , I saw one child in a seat behind their parents on a bike , up to an eighty nine year old lady from Brill who cycled for the first time in years and really enjoyed it . |
| 4 | Like tourists who visit for the first time , it seemed our resident rabbits sensed the tranquil harmony that is the essence of this tiny unspoilt paradise in the Mediterranean . |
| 5 | Investigators who opt for the first solution may seek out variable syntactic elements where meaning variation does not constitute a serious problem ; this is the general approach taken by Cheshire . |
| 6 | There was also a great deal of indignation among ordinary British citizens who discovered for the first time after the massacre in Timişoara that Romania was ruled by a brutal tyrant who enjoyed the privileges of a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath . |
| 7 | But Agnew 's , who exhibited for the first time this year and made at least one sale of ‘ around $50,000 ’ said they were ‘ pleased with the quality of the crowd and would definitely do the show next year ’ . |
| 8 | The results represented a success for the Moderates and for two parties who exceeded for the first time the statutory 4 per cent threshold for parliamentary representation — the Christian Democrats ( whose only previous representation had been in 1985-88 when one of the Centre party 's seats was allocated to Christian Democrat in an electoral pact ) , and the New Democracy Party . |
| 9 | Ireland 's challenge will be led by Brief Truce , who runs for the first time since accounting for both Rodrigo de Triano and Arazi in the St James 's Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot . |
| 10 | Her voice acquired a jeering note , not unfamiliar to Roland , who wondered for the first time what his mother had been like before her disappointment , which in her case was his father and to some extent himself . |