Example sentences of "[vb past] for the first [noun sg] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Dec. 29 the HCR met for the first time since the attempted coup and approved the new Cabinet , whose membership was announced the following day . |
| 2 | It rained for the first time since we arrived in Sian today ; There has been a drought all winter , and the townsfolk have been out into the countryside to help water the crops . |
| 3 | Meanwhile the patient , who has not been named , was making a rapid recovery and yesterday walked for the first time since the operation . |
| 4 | ELMER WARD ‘ S Grumman G–58 Bearcat N3025 , flew for the first time after rebuild on July 27 , after a ten year and $2m restoration programme . |
| 5 | Charlie laughed for the first time since he had left Whitechapel and strolled over to a youth far smaller than himself who was rubbing his hands between his legs as he tried to keep warm . |
| 6 | In Washington on Aug. 24 bilateral negotiations in the ongoing peace process launched in Madrid in October 1991 [ see pp. 38513-15 ] resumed for the first time since the change of government in Israel [ see pp. 38945-47 ] . |
| 7 | Allen spoke for the first time since he had joined them . |
| 8 | She spoke for the first time since luncheon began : " Darling , your spinach , please . " |
| 9 | Alone in bed I wondered for the first time whether the girl had been truly dead when we threw her into the river . |
| 10 | Joan Durbeyfield , watching , wondered for the first time if she had been right in encouraging Tess to go . |