Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [adv prt] for the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Outside his ears picked up for the first time the rustling of invisible leaves and the rattle of window-frames : the wind was rising . |
| 2 | The bells rang out for the first time just a day after they arrived back at the church . |
| 3 | Where notification is given at the first stage , but not in accordance with the procedures laid down for the first stage , you shall not be disentitled to SSP for that day for that reason only . |
| 4 | In some parts of the south-east , groundwater levels are lower than at any time since records began 200 years ago , with some boreholes in the Chiltern Hills drying up for the first time since they were sunk last century . |
| 5 | We were like juvenile hurlers togging out for the first time . |