Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] for the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why can I read you like a book , when we only met for the first time four days ago ? |
| 2 | The Great Powers thus pressed their territorial control outwards to encompass for the first time virtually the whole surface of the globe , to centralize the world on a few centres of power . |
| 3 | It is pleasant to think of the two new Cuddesdon students , pushing their bicycles up the hill together from Wheatley station that July day of 1927 , and so meeting for the first time . |
| 4 | Yeah , but they only pay for the first one . |
| 5 | Legends about the Babylonian and Persian period were revived — or perhaps invented for the first time — to encourage faithfulness to the Mosaic Law in the new conditions . |
| 6 | Many of them are only followed for the first pitch , either because they finish up easier slabs ( which might well suit some people ) or become much harder . |
| 7 | Normally I only Listened for the first couple of minutes at a reading ; either I am preoccupied by having to read later myself , or some image causes my mind to drift away ; but N'dosi had a powerful , hypnotic voice and his poetry sparkled with fresh , delightful metaphors . |
| 8 | Perhaps come for the first time . |
| 9 | The A&R depts that we dealt with when last I was in a band ( about 18 months ago ) all seemed to consist of young men in Armani suits and long raincoats , who only stayed for the first four numbers then left . |
| 10 | Then there is the maddening fact that , of the five great investigative Ws ( who ? what ? where ? when ? and why ? ) , we can still only account for the first four in the matter of the Watergate break-in . |
| 11 | When we had all assembled for the first plenary session to approve the agenda , I was all ready with my dissenting speech when it was announced by the Secretary General that the additional items would be included in the agenda if the other matters already there were completed in time to consider additional ones . |
| 12 | ( China , while not using its veto , nevertheless abstained , thus breaching for the first time the unanimity of the five permanent members of the Security Council in supporting resolutions on the Gulf crisis . |
| 13 | Just picked for the first trial . |
| 14 | There was also still a feeling in the Hollywood colony that as he had established himself as a star he should not play an unattractive character , and , what is more , he would only be the second lead and not appear for the first twenty minutes . |
| 15 | Grade III buildings were those which , whilst not qualifying for the first statutory list when compiled in 1949–69 , were considered nevertheless to be of some importance for planning purposes . |
| 16 | The environment working group of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ) is finally to meet for the first time — 20 years after it was first constituted . |
| 17 | Both knew that the other knew that Steve and Maria Luisa had n't just met for the first time . |
| 18 | The result is that many glider pilots are becoming complacent about parking and on a really windy day it is not unusual to see gliders at risk , just waiting for the first really big gust of wind to blow them over . |
| 19 | The guidance will be similar to that already produced for the first phase of general SVQs . |
| 20 | I decided not to vote for the first time in 37 years because of the EC . |
| 21 | ‘ They are given a topic straight away to revise for the first exam — which is at 9am the following morning . |
| 22 | Now , physically close for the first time , he found it difficult to keep his eyes off her , living flesh and remembered image seeming to fuse into a presence both potent and disturbing . |
| 23 | From the responses just deduced for the first three Chebyshev orders it may be appreciated that , for all orders , the transfer function ripples between unity and in the pass band . |
| 24 | The Brichardi have just bred for the first time and have a healthy brood of 20 or so fry . |
| 25 | La Carlotta did not sing for the first hour . |
| 26 | With the Royal you are not covered for the first £100 of any claim , unless you pay an additional premium of 10% , which will reduce the excess to £50 . |
| 27 | Inter-word boundary effects were not implemented for the first prototype . |
| 28 | To see this , imagine repeating for a second country the process just described for the first . |
| 29 | The UK government argues that EIAs are not required for the first two schemes , on the grounds that they date from before July 1988 , when the relevant EC directive came into force . |
| 30 | Payment of income support is related to pension payment days , and she was not remunerated for the first five days of the elderly person 's occupation . |