Example sentences of "[noun] [v-ing] [noun] for the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | It showed a replay of Tammuz meeting Ari for the first time in the canteen . |
| 2 | Amanda Mares , the producer , might bear in mind that listeners hearing things for the first time need a second or two to focus . |
| 3 | A number of countries which were suspected ( principally by the USA and other Western countries ) of developing chemical weapons-including Libya , Iraq and Syria-were among a total of 22 countries taking part for the first time in the committee 's deliberations since the opening of the spring session , albeit as observers . |
| 4 | They treated him like a child trying champagne for the first time . |
| 5 | It is also the area of greatest concern to companies contemplating exporting for the first time of those considering a significant expansion of their overseas activities . |
| 6 | ‘ They are much smaller than I expected ’ is the usual remark from people seeing puffins for the first time . |
| 7 | I have already suggested that in speech we normally plan at the point of utterance and that is evidenced in those typical features of speech which appear so surprising and , indeed , shocking to people inspecting transcripts for the first time . |
| 8 | The EHCO-KLM Kleding industrial clothing arm also set a record with profits topping £2.5m for the first time . |
| 9 | A new leaflet aimed at young people starting work for the first time has been produced by the Inland Revenue . |
| 10 | WALLACE could return to United 's League starting line-up for the first time in 16 months . |
| 11 | The loss of a single seat would mean the Tories surrendering control for the first time since nineteen seventy four . |