Example sentences of "[adv prt] for the first [noun] " in BNC.

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1 They come round at the interval and say , ‘ Was Ruby on for the first half ? ’ and I say , ‘ Yes . ’
2 The specifications of November 1939 became a reality just 43 years ago , when a CW pump evacuated model with sealing wax joints was switched on for the first time at the end of February 1940 , and operated successfully .
3 As a climax , you could arrange for some of the room lights to be switched off one by one before the tree-lights are switched on for the first time ( test them first ! ) .
4 For instance , a LAN operating system like NetWare or an appropriate environment like Windows for Workgroups can be largely pre-installed at the factory , with the remaining configuration being done via a fill-in-the-blanks , sign-on display when the thing 's switched on for the first time .
5 I was operated on for the first time when I was two or three weeks old .
6 Andy Mutch has been trying his new kit on for the first time today .
7 There was one in this show when Charity Barnum 's understudy went on for the first time .
8 on for the first time yesterday
9 Where notification is given at the first stage , but not in accordance with the procedures laid down for the first stage , you shall not be disentitled to SSP for that day for that reason only .
10 He had one fight in 1984 and was knocked down for the first time in his career .
11 The serious Christian , set down for the first time in a Christian community , is likely to bring with him a very definite idea of what Christian life together should be and try to realize it .
12 The curriculum laid down for the first time what pupils should learn in 10 subjects .
13 The woman clung to Julia 's hand and broke down for the first time , weeping and pouring out a torrent of Italian that Julia was incapable of translating for herself .
14 The leadership wants to see the proportion of union voting strength at party conferences reduced from the current 70 per cent — down for the first time this year from the traditional 90 per cent — to an eventual 50 per cent .
15 This piece of information caused Makins to slow down for the first time and look at me more carefully .
16 Trident sub goes down for the first time
17 Having driven thirty miles and for fifty minutes , he is forced to slow down for the first time .
18 As there was only the one company it is reasonable to infer that everyone roped in for the first loan was in fact a Merchant Taylor .
19 ‘ Greed came in for the first time .
20 Brian Cox , who runs the operation , says : ‘ Anyone coming in for the first time is going to start by taking on what 's already there .
21 But you can get it in For the first time at any age .
22 Eventually , on Feb. 23 , a non-Congress ( I ) government was sworn in for the first time in 10 years .
23 ‘ I said if we did n't win this time we 'd abolish the b + + + + + + , ’ says Dixon , digging in for the first time since his Army days .
24 The research by Yorkshire TV paid off last Sunday when 18 million tuned in for the first episode of A Touch of Frost .
25 If a pup from the England A team should over-pitch the new ball , then , sure as eggs are eggs , England 's captain will tonk it back past him and set off for the first runs of 1992 .
26 If a pup from the England A team should over-pitch the new ball , then , sure as eggs are eggs , England 's captain will tonk it back past him and set off for the first runs of 1992 .
27 He took off the first slice , you know the rather well-done , brown bit at the end , and laid it on one side of the serving dish and then he cut the next slice off for the first lady and so on . ’
28 At the same time , on the other side of the range , Christophe Moulin , a 33-year-old guide from Briancon , set off for the first solo ascent ( and incidentally the first repeat ) of Jean-Marc Boivin 's Ballade Au Clair du Lune : a hooks-and-copperheads A4 on the south face of the Fou .
29 Anyway , being in the fortunate position to be able to drive along the road to Corrour , although my car suspension did n't agree it was so fortunate , a companion and I set off for the first peak , Beinn Eibhinn from halfway along the road , above the river Ghuilbinn .
30 Second-row Jackson was sent off for the first time in his career along with South Wales Police hooker Colin Hillman after the two were caught wrestling off the ball .
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