Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] it for the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the patina chemical is too strong , dilute with a little water and , if using it for the first time , do a test on a sample piece of copper . |
| 2 | He moved round and joined them and stared intently at the portrait as if seeing it for the first time . |
| 3 | Sam looked at the revolver as if seeing it for the first time . |
| 4 | Charles found he was watching much of the play as if seeing it for the first time . |
| 5 | The first indication that anything was wrong came three months after I had let the tank up and stocked it for the first time . |
| 6 | Sheppard modelled the statue in 1911–12 and exhibited it for the first time in 1914 . |
| 7 | ‘ We had set a target of £600,000 to cover buying the equipment and running it for the first couple of years , ’ she said . |