Example sentences of "[verb] [pos pn] [adj] for the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For , as Raymond Briggs once said , in Maus the cartoon book holds its own for the first time against all-comers as a literary medium . |
| 2 | It was Barbara Castle who remarked , when Mrs Thatcher became leader of the Conservatives in 1975 , that power had made her pretty for the first time . |
| 3 | Saving his best for the last , Kite , who started the final round with a one-shot lead , closed the greatest scoring binge of his 22-year US Tour career with a 29 on the back nine on the Arnold Palmer Course at PGA West . |
| 4 | Dick Hansen on a cold day in February 1992 , flying his P-40 for the first time . |
| 5 | I thought we were lovers ! she wanted to scream , but she swallowed her hurt for the thousandth time and forced a smile . |