Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [adj] for the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | But although Gloucester was thus becoming politically visible for the first time , he was as yet of only limited importance . |
| 2 | But although Gloucester was thus becoming politically visible for the first time , he was as yet of only limited importance . |
| 3 | He noticed too that for the first time since he had arrived at the Cages there was a total silence , as if all the eagles , and all the imprisoned creatures thereabout had instinctively understood that this old eagle 's troubled painful words marked an end to a terrible life ; and perhaps in some strange way the beginning of something none dared hope might come to pass . |
| 4 | A single budded standard , or a double where one has failed , can look distinctly lop-sided for the first few years until it has had time to develop — this is the sort of stuff you have to watch out for in the cheap ‘ end of season nursery clearance sales ’ and street markets . |
| 5 | They became increasingly sleepy for the first four days until it became almost impossible for the experimenters to keep them awake . |
| 6 | Alpine days stay reasonably warm for the first half of the month . |
| 7 | She felt triumphantly free for the first time in her life . |
| 8 | A sense of self-preservation cautioned her not to stick around , and before he could react she sprinted up to the house , feeling strangely exhilarated for the first time since she had left England . |