Example sentences of "[am/are] [verb] [adv] for the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Now we 're going home for the first proper Christmas Laura has ever had , ’ said Fran . |
| 2 | Actually there are many stars with proper names , but in general these are used only for the first 30 or so , plus a few fainter stars of special interest — such as Polaris , Mizar in the Great Bear , and the variable star Mira , in Cetus , the Whale . |
| 3 | The plans for the dump are spelt out for the first time in evidence from the CEGB to the Sizewell inquiry , now in its fourth week . |
| 4 | I simply , I simply ca n't deal with the question because some of these are , are raised now for the first time |
| 5 | no I 'm not , I 'm sorry I said some of them are raised now for the first time , I was about to say I 'm not complaining I 'm simply pointing out , standing here without the instructions I ca n't deal with the matter |
| 6 | At the Invalidenstrasse crossing , an older man wept as he explained : ‘ I 'm going across for the first time since August 12 , 1961 . |
| 7 | As a climax , you could arrange for some of the room lights to be switched off one by one before the tree-lights are switched on for the first time ( test them first ! ) . |
| 8 | The bells of an Oxford church are ringing again for the first time in three years . |
| 9 | The Swedes , at No. 16 with Dancing Queen are working together for the first time in seven years . |
| 10 | MUSIC students in Scotland and London are tuning up for the first annual LASMO Music Festival to be held in the theatre at Haddo House , Aberdeen , on 22 June . |