Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [adv prt] for [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The curriculum laid down for the first time what pupils should learn in 10 subjects . |
| 2 | Maloney said : ‘ If we have to fight Tucker we will , but I 've got Alex Stewart lined up for the first defence . ’ |
| 3 | At his first school , Stockwell Junior School , David dressed up for the first time in a school nativity play . |
| 4 | Outside his ears picked up for the first time the rustling of invisible leaves and the rattle of window-frames : the wind was rising . |
| 5 | Gazza and Maradona square up for the first time for the world 's undisputed No 1 title as Lazio take on Seville in a friendly in Spain . |
| 6 | ‘ Greed came in for the first time . |
| 7 | This piece of information caused Makins to slow down for the first time and look at me more carefully . |
| 8 | Late in March Mahmoud showed up for the first time since the Yanks had moved out . |
| 9 | THE PRINCESS of Wales last night spoke out for the first time about the ‘ untrue and hurtful ’ allegations about friction between her , and the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh . |
| 10 | The bells rang out for the first time just a day after they arrived back at the church . |
| 11 | Ho looked round for the first time at the massed ranks of Glories with their headlights blazing , and the two figures , stark in the hard glaring light of those headlights , seated opposite each other at the stone table under the Monument . |
| 12 | A HUMID evening in Boston early last summer ; afternoon rain has cleared , and at Fenway Park the lead-off batter for the visiting Baltimore Orioles steps up for the first pitch from the Red Sox . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Iwan Tukalo shot over for the first . |
| 15 | There was one in this show when Charity Barnum 's understudy went on for the first time . |
| 16 | Trident sub goes down for the first time |
| 17 | Cal turned round for the first time and stared at Vern . |
| 18 | Debussy takes over for the first two of five of the Eight Piano Pieces Op. 15 , of Dirk Schäfer ( 1873–1931 ) — surprisingly , in view of the derisory remarks Schäfer made about Debussy quoted in the notes . |
| 19 | Even the best performers sometimes get a tickle in their throats — Jose Carreras warming up for the first night of the Sudeley Summer Festival . |
| 20 | This document sets out for the first time an integrated policy and management system , with the emphasis on continuous improvement . |
| 21 | In some parts of the south-east , groundwater levels are lower than at any time since records began 200 years ago , with some boreholes in the Chiltern Hills drying up for the first time since they were sunk last century . |
| 22 | And as the bridal couple stood up for the first dance , she felt the enormous gulf between their obvious carefree happiness and her present misery . |
| 23 | Treleaven strolled out for the first play-off hole , the par-four 10th , and saw off all opposition with a birdie three on the second most difficult hole on the course . |
| 24 | We were like juvenile hurlers togging out for the first time . |