Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [noun] for the first " in BNC.

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1 He was glad of the distraction , having earlier received a wire from Hilary who , at the last minute and in spite of cross-my-heart-and-hope-to-die promises , found it impossible , after all , to come down from London for the first night of Peter Pan .
2 The film is bogged down in exposition for the first hour , remains plodding , and shifts uncertainly between protagonists .
3 Young people away from home for the first time also have to find the resources within themselves to create a pattern of living .
4 If you 're away from home for the first time , you may well feel lonely and unhappy — a major contributory factor in student depression and withdrawal from college .
5 The speech came over the wires so late and the sheets were so confused by the Post Office — which is usual in these cases — that without the precis we could not possibly have got the leader through in time for the first edition .
6 ‘ There was nothing confidential about it : it was a bright idea some Americans had for setting up training courses — that sort of thing — for their businessmen and other people coming over to Britain for the first time .
7 It was brought home to Charles for the first time how much of a strain the last weeks must have been for a girl of her age .
8 As they passed him , he looked directly at Midnight for the first time and said with genuine feeling : ‘ I 'm sorry .
9 However she did seem to get better , and no one could have been happier than my master , when he saw her sitting up in bed for the first time , and beginning to take an interest in the people and things around her .
10 Police sources said the use of bombs little heavier than a packet of butter could herald a new tactic aimed at beating the roadblocks that have been set up in London for the first time .
11 One of the boys was Charlie , who 'd bothered to turn up to school for the first time in weeks .
12 Thus when they flew up to Balmoral for the first time after his birth , the entire family travelled together , despite the merchants of doom who insisted they should never fly together in the same plane lest it crash and kill both heir and second-in-line to the throne .
13 The Kawasakis of Alan Irwin , Ian Simpson and Jim Moodie must also come into the equation , together with the Yamahas of Rymer , Johnny Rea and Alan Patterson , who is making the step up to Superbike for the first time .
14 Elland Road stages the event between August 1–2 as the tournament moves out of London for the first time .
15 She also looked great — out of dungarees for the first time and into a becomingly simple black dress .
16 This , perhaps the most tragic of all goals seen at Wembley , sent the Cup out of England for the first and last time .
17 Conservative commentators are urging Republicans to stage an all-out attack on Mr Clinton as an old-fashioned ‘ tax-and-spend ’ liberal , locked out of government for the first time since 1981 ,
18 ‘ She is now out of plaster for the first time in ten years and can get into a bath , ’ she said .
19 Out of office for the first time since 1951 , the Conservatives threw themselves into policy making after the 1964 election defeat .
20 He felt like an infant staggering uncertainly out of doors for the first time into the infinitude of the universe .
21 By Tuesday , he was able to venture out of doors for the first time since arriving home , late and ailing , on Thursday night .
22 With 15 minutes gone Airdrie were able to break out into attack for the first time and Hearts ' experienced defenders looked oddly rattled , particularly when Coyle came close with a flashing cross-shot from the left .
23 Software Partners/32 Inc which has laboured long in the DEC vineyards is branching out into Unix for the first time .
24 He 's missing from the England team tomorrow of course but Gloucester will have a man playing for the Calcutta Cup … as skipper Ian Smith runs out with Scotland for the first time
25 She was conscious only that she was now in Rome for the first time in her life .
26 Krabbe 's comeback GERMANY 'S double world sprint champion Katrin Krabbe will be back in action for the first time since the lifting of her doping ban , at a meeting on her home Neubrandenburg track on June 13 .
27 Steve Young threw three touchdown passes , including two to Jerry Rice , while Joe Montana , back in uniform for the first time in two years , stayed on the sidelines after being listed as the 49ers ' third-choice quarterback .
28 But they always rushed back to London for the first night of every West End show .
29 So it was back to Melbourne for the first of the final matches .
30 As well as being profitable and actually paying a dividend back to Detroit for the first time in years , Vauxhall is an important part of the GM empire for political reasons .
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