Example sentences of "[adj] and for the first time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The new trolleybus service was numbered 654 and for the first time there was a through service crossing the main road at West Croydon . |
| 2 | Early on a wet Sunday morning outside Yaroslavl station , in the centre of Moscow , my journey was complete and for the first time in 10 days I was alone . |
| 3 | I was totally conscious and for the first time since my labour started I felt relaxed . |
| 4 | But the question had been unwelcome and for the first time some of his cockiness seemed to have drained from him . |
| 5 | The equaliser brought more boost to Town , than United and for the first time in the game , the Oxford goal was under pressure . |
| 6 | He never came to the hotel drunk and for the first time for years worked almost to a routine . |
| 7 | Andrew Beattie was allowed a visit by his wife for a few minutes around half-past one and for the first time he learned that no strike organisers had been arrested other than in the Rathcoole district . |
| 8 | His patience was dwindling and for the first time in four years of marriage she could see he was on the point of losing his temper . |
| 9 | His two goals helped Vale beat local rivals Stoke for the first time since 1956 and for the first time ever in the FA Cup . |
| 10 | This was held on 16 February 1936 and for the first time in the history of the Second Republic involved an evenly matched contest between large , cohesive left- and right-wing alliances ; the Radical Party virtually disappeared as a significant force , leaving the political centre effectively unrepresented . |