Example sentences of "[adv prt] [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 | 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 . |
4 | ‘ 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 . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | One of the boys was Charlie , who 'd bothered to turn up to school for the first time in weeks . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | Elland Road stages the event between August 1–2 as the tournament moves out of London for the first time . |
11 | She also looked great — out of dungarees for the first time and into a becomingly simple black dress . |
12 | This , perhaps the most tragic of all goals seen at Wembley , sent the Cup out of England for the first and last time . |
13 | 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 , |
14 | ‘ She is now out of plaster for the first time in ten years and can get into a bath , ’ she said . |
15 | Out of office for the first time since 1951 , the Conservatives threw themselves into policy making after the 1964 election defeat . |
16 | He felt like an infant staggering uncertainly out of doors for the first time into the infinitude of the universe . |
17 | By Tuesday , he was able to venture out of doors for the first time since arriving home , late and ailing , on Thursday night . |
18 | 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 . |
19 | Software Partners/32 Inc which has laboured long in the DEC vineyards is branching out into Unix for the first time . |
20 | 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 |
21 | 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 . |
22 | 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 . |
23 | But they always rushed back to London for the first night of every West End show . |
24 | So it was back to Melbourne for the first of the final matches . |
25 | 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 . |
26 | The presidential election of 1952 brought the Republicans back to power for the first time in 20 years . |
27 | He hit out at Wilko for the first time ( ‘ is there a law against me and Gorden Strachen playing in the same team ’ ) and admitted that he was unsure of his future at Leeds but will not ask for a transfer . |
28 | Dedicated Wyn has now astounded doctors by bringing Norman to live back at home for the first time in three-and-a-half years . |
29 | On Saturday I sat there watching his team lose at home to Chelsea and listening to an Australian Evertonian who was back at Goodison for the first time since he emigrated in 1985 . |
30 | After that , he flies to Paris for a meeting with the French President , then on to Germany for the first historic conference with the heads of all the NATO , European Community and Warsaw Pact countries . |