Example sentences of "[vb past] a [noun] for the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hooley 's gilded years came to an abrupt end in June 1898 , when he himself filed a petition for the first and most sensational of his four bankruptcies . |
| 2 | Meanwhile , three-times world champion Ayrton Senna drove an IndyCar for the first time but is unlikely to follow in Nigel Mansell 's footsteps . |
| 3 | United States trade figures for the second quarter of 1971 showed a deficit for the first time . |
| 4 | Ladbrokes yesterday opened a book for the first time on the title and make Scudamore an apparently generous 4–6 shot . |
| 5 | ‘ What on earth do you with a baby all day ? ’ asked a friend when he became a dad for the first time . |
| 6 | SCOTS comedian Robbie Coltrane , 42 , was taken by surprise yesterday when he became a father for the first time . |
| 7 | Many congratulations to LLOYD COLE who became a father for the first time when his wife recently gave birth to a baby boy Billy , in New York . |
| 8 | The respondent consulted a solicitor for the first time at that stage . |
| 9 | On 20 March 1989 papers were served on him and he then consulted a solicitor for the first time . |
| 10 | York finally produced a win for the first time since the second half of November but only by 1110 against a side who went desperately close to clinching a late victory themselves . |
| 11 | York finally produced a win for the first time since the second half of November but only by 1110 against a side who went desperately close to clinching a late victory themselves . |
| 12 | And I was fourteen years old before I touched a piano for the first time . ’ |
| 13 | Turner achieved a hat-trick for the first time in the Competition in a five wicket haul for Birkenhead Park in their drawn game with St. Helens Recs . |
| 14 | ‘ Last time , ’ he grins , ‘ one guy said , ‘ I just kissed a man for the first time and it felt good . ’ |
| 15 | All I know how to do is write songs , and that 's what I want to do because I would like people to feel as good as I did when I heard a song for the first time . ’ |
| 16 | In August 1992 , the financial services industry recorded a decline for the first time . |
| 17 | The upshot was that Phaeon Yachts would incorporate Kevin Seymour 's proposed detail changes in a new yacht , provided that he placed an order for the first one ! |
| 18 | In 1884 he lodged a patent for the first direct cotton dye : that is , a dye requiring no mordant . |
| 19 | Renault showed they had a winner for the first time at the 1979 French Grand Prix when Jean-Pierre Jabouille ( Fra ) was first , with team-mate Rene Arnoux third . |