Example sentences of "[prep] [art] first time [pers pn] [modal v] " in BNC.

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1 The motorbike slowed so that for the first time they could see the outlines of the rider , a derelict farmhouse appeared in its headlight beam and the car behind them started flashing its lights .
2 For the first time they will know what the fans think . ’
3 For the first time we can differentiate the local atomic order around sodium from that surrounding calcium and from the atomic environment of silicon .
4 For the first time we can measure the true amount of perishable food we throw away and establish which lines are most often wasted because their sell-by-date has passed .
5 But on 20 September the Commission announced that for the first time it would take Britain before the European Court of Justice .
6 While feeling a little sad at leaving , Mr. Offer said that for the first time he would be looking forward to an extra hour in bed in the morning .
7 He began to sleep through the night , and became much less active — for the first time he could sit down and watch a television programme through to the end .
8 When the £5 million Juventus midfielder leads out England for the first time he will spare a thought for the man who captained England to 1966 World Cup glory , just 48 hours after Bobby Moore revealed that he was battling cancer .
9 Here , almost for the first time I can remember on disc , his vibrato , relatively rapid and even , becomes distracting in sustained passages , which will trouble some ears more than others .
10 For the first time I can imagine some dim trail of obsession , some weird recursive delusion , leading out of this little room , down the spiral stairs , and out to some wildly mischosen destination …
11 When you conduct a symphony for the first time you may fear a breakdown in every bar .
12 For the first time you can have electronic anti-lock brakes across the whole range , and on certain models you can specify refinements such as power steering , air conditioning and a CD player .
13 For the first time she could smell the dankness and the odour of rotting seaweed .
14 For the first time she could sense what it must be like to possess the surgeon 's power almost of life and death , the satisfaction of knowing your actions had helped to save a life or bring a new one into the world , and she had been a part , albeit a small one , of the drama .
15 All that mattered was the next time he would see Kate ; beyond that he looked forward with an urgency that hurt to the first time they would make love .
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