Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [art] first [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed it was historic , in that it provided for the first time for the elimination of an entire class of nuclear arms — land-based missiles of intermediate and shorter range . |
| 2 | He drew on the first cigarette for eight years , nearly choked , and wheezed : ‘ First today , anyway . |
| 3 | The UNITA leader , Jonas Savimbi , appealed for the first time for the creation of " peace corridors " to allow emergency relief to people in areas controlled by UNITA . |
| 4 | They came for the first lot for nine months , then they went back . |
| 5 | Paul Weston scored in the first half for Stockton , but it was not until the last five minutes that Paul Bromley crossed for their second try . |
| 6 | On Sept. 30 he called for the first time for dialogue to reach an equitable global settlement , addressing himself particularly to France which he had identified as more flexible [ see below for Mitterrand 's UN speech ] , although once again stressing that there would be no compromise over Kuwait belonging to Iraq . |