Example sentences of "[to-vb] the [noun sg] for [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ali failed to go the route for the first time in his career . |
| 2 | Detective Chief Superintendent Wycliffe and his wife , Helen , were to see the spectacle for the first time ; they were spending a long weekend with the Ballards , who lived on the moor above the town . |
| 3 | Equally , almost half had come to see the company for the first time . |
| 4 | ROBERT Woodside won the final round of the Northern Ireland hillclimb championship at Cairncastle on the Antrim coast yesterday to secure the title for the first time . |
| 5 | This committee scrutinised the case of each prisoner serving a life sentence in order to set the date for the first review , which might be more than seven years after the date of sentence . |
| 6 | Witton , like their opponents , are also attempting to reach the final for the first time and today 's clash at Marine 's Rossett Park ground is all-ticket with a crowd limit of 2,500 being set by the police . |
| 7 | Truly to celebrate the sacrament for the first time , and to feel for the first time that the hands were the instruments through which God chose to nourish the souls of his people , could be overwhelming with gratitude or with penitence . |
| 8 | St Albans wait to hear the draw for the first official European Club Indoor Championship at Amiens in March , when their rivals will include Amsterdam , Holywood ‘ 87 ( Ireland ) , MIM ( Scotland ) , Swansea and Rot-Weiss Cologne . |
| 9 | Lancashire , meanwhile , suffered a serious blow to their ambition to win the title for the first time since 1987 when they lost 9–8 to Durham at Seaton Carew . |
| 10 | In the senior ladies/junior men 's section , seeded with the hardest handicap of - 10 , Amanda Langridge and Andrew Oxton ( Hammer/Eagles ) overcame the large score difference at the beginning of most games , and went through the section unbeaten , to win the trophy for the first time . |
| 11 | Europe will be attempting to repeat its last Ryder Cup performance on US soil , a magnificent 15–13 victory at Muirfield Village in 1987 , while the US team will be looking to use its home advantage to win the Cup for the first time since 1983 . |
| 12 | instead the Church preferred to use the Annunciation for the first day of the year , and this led to the adoption of 25 March , nine months before Christmas , although this choice was by no means universal . |
| 13 | The Royal National Institute for Deaf People Roadshow will feature the revolutionary ‘ Typetalk ’ communications system , which allows deaf and hard of hearing people to use the telephone for the first time . |
| 14 | All the same he raised his eyebrows and pretended to consider the possibility for the first time . |
| 15 | Chantal looked uncomfortable , as though forced to consider the matter for the first time . |
| 16 | TONY McLure hit top form in the second round of the Seaton Salver to lift the trophy for the first time . |
| 17 | In an effort to broaden the base and appeal of the PCC , those holding Christian beliefs were allowed to join the party for the first time . |
| 18 | Wales , who needed to beat England to take the crown for the first time , led 3–2 after the morning foursomes and at one point were in front in seven of the 10 singles . |
| 19 | The second half proved a nightmare as the visitors hit the first three baskets to take the lead for the first time and stay there for a 7670 victory . |
| 20 | Until then , Cambridge had looked set to record only their second win in 17 years and to take the trophy for the first time since its introduction by the present sponsors in 1987 . |
| 21 | This was always going to be a difficult match for Hammer to win , as they were up against a ‘ Mill side eager to take the trophy for the first time since 1974 . |
| 22 | I was convinced he was about to do the same to me , when he suddenly appeared to notice the tent for the first time , shied away and crashed off into the trees . |
| 23 | After the two men had shaken hands she thankfully escaped , leaving them to talk while she went out to prepare the treatment-room for the first of the morning 's patients . |
| 24 | Now , as they dry and become rigid , the insect slowly moves them apart to show the world for the first time the unblemished perfection of its shimmering colours and awaits the dawn of its first day . |
| 25 | Any attempt to produce the letter for the first time at completion should be resisted and completion delayed until the purchaser has had adequate time to consider the disclosures . |