Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [noun sg] for [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wilcox looked startled , caught off balance for the first time . |
| 2 | Some black children may have had their first experience of Jamaican Creole from reggae lyrics , while others may have been attracted to Creole for the first time because of the music . |
| 3 | His voice moved up a register , from baritone to tenor , and it was tinged with irritation for the first time that evening . |
| 4 | To add to Darlington 's problems , centre Steve Ellis was injured in the second half and club skipper Mark Layfield was called into action for the first time in two months following injury . |
| 5 | It was probably in consequence of this great accession of landed wealth that Holland was summoned to Parliament for the first time in July 1314 . |
| 6 | A joint venture between English Nature and London Zoo 's Invertebrate Conservation team has resulted in Britain 's most endangered bush cricket , the wart-biter ( Decticus verrucivorus ) being successfully reared in captivity for the first time . |
| 7 | Despite the lines round her mouth and the flecks of grey in her hair , there was a bloom in her cheeks and her eyes shone like those of a girl who has fallen in love for the first time . |
| 8 | Between the 1950s and early 1970s , 140 million hectares in the region were brought under cultivation for the first time ( Ortega 1982 ) . |
| 9 | [ See correction on p. 38366 ] concerning CSCE emergency mechanisms , as brought into operation for the first time in this crisis . ] |
| 10 | Not to be outdone … the man who created thunderbirds is performing his own one man show … explaining with the help of Lady Penelope 's nine foot long Pink Rolls Royce … and the original puppets who were brought to life for the first time over twenty five years ago . |
| 11 | In December 1986 the permissible concentration of alcohol was set at zero for the first two years of driving . |
| 12 | But she had never realized quite how much knowledge she had assimilated until today , until she had been forced into conversation for the first time ever with a total stranger . |
| 13 | Later , months later when I was taken into town for the first time since The Bomber , I wanted to put some flowers on her grave . |
| 14 | Well , the only racing writers who were at Down Royal for the two day July meeting when the new stand was put into use for the first time were Tony and Peter O'Hehir and myself . |
| 15 | In the front , or south , gallery , Rodin 's popular marble sculpture , ‘ The Kiss ’ , is retrieved from storage for the first time in four years and shown among nine bronze statues or studies loaned by the Victoria and Albert Museum , including casts of ‘ The Age of Bronze ’ and ‘ St John the Baptist ’ . |
| 16 | These recordings are already available on cassette and are now issued on CD for the first time , the first disc is an ADD transfer , but the digital remastering is wholly natural with not artificial brightening of the treble response — as too often happens — and so those who admire warm analogue sound will find this disc wholly to their taste . |
| 17 | Hidden treasures from damp storerooms across Oxfordshire are being moved to a new purpose-built centre , to be put on show for the first time . |
| 18 | I remember too being taken to school for the first time . |
| 19 | In 1911 , when the second Moroccan crisis had shown how easily Europe might now be engulfed by war , it was discussed by parliament for the first time . |
| 20 | The idea of being received at court for the first time since the childhood marriage , at first caused Anne much excitement . |
| 21 | In the strict or dictionary sense The Lord of the Rings evades that concept totally , for according to the OED ‘ defeatism ’ is a straight borrowing from French défaitisme , recorded in English for the first time in 1918 and meaning ‘ Conduct tending to bring about acceptance of defeat , esp . |
| 22 | Going beyond these general ‘ offers ’ most stations offer special rates to genuinely local advertisers and for brands being advertised on TV for the first time . |
| 23 | Cove lost at home for the first time in 13 games , going down 3–1 to Epsom & Ewell . |
| 24 | THE BEATLES : ‘ The Beatles CD Singles Collection ’ Liverpool beat legends ' 22 singles and original B-sides , released on CD for the first time , and issued as a boxed set |
| 25 | Between 1980 and their split they notched up five albums and their entire back-catalogue has been re-promoted and released on CD for the first time . |
| 26 | The movie , starring Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds , is released on video for the first time on September 21 — with the original preview trailer and a deleted sequence of Reynolds singing You Are My Lucky Star . |