Example sentences of "[v-ing] for the first time [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lawrence E. Walsh , the special prosecutor in charge of the Iran-contra investigation , responded to the move by suggesting for the first time that Bush was a " subject " of his inquiry . |
| 2 | He must have been about to take a shower , she realised , noticing a towel flung carelessly on to the bed , and seeing for the first time that his shirt was undone almost to the waist , revealing his broad , muscular chest with its lavish covering of silky golden hair . |
| 3 | For a moment she was taken aback , realising for the first time that she had n't explained herself very well , then , gathering her wits together , she retorted briskly , ‘ If you had n't assaulted me and accused me of being a burglar I would have told you that the Svend I 'm looking for is a student who met my sister at the Roskilde music festival and afterwards entertained her and her friends here in this apartment for several nights . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Is it really worth going somewhere else ? ’ she asked a trifly wistfully , filling her lungs with cool fresh air and realising for the first time that the pavements were damp and it must have been raining . |
| 5 | Straightening , the Doctor looked around , noticing for the first time that the hill he had asked about earlier when he was with Howard , was also visible from here . |
| 6 | The 1,000-strong Congress , which was meeting for the first time since the collapse of the Soviet Union , is the only body in the country that can change the constitution and other basic laws . |
| 7 | At a meeting in Guinea-Bissau on July 25-27 , 1990 , the joint co-operation commission , meeting for the first time since the 1980 coup , decided that it was unable to settle the longstanding dispute over the demarcation of the maritime border , and agreed to refer it to their heads of state [ see also pp. 36840 ] . |
| 8 | I once used Body Positive to put someone recently diagnosed in touch , and I once went to a THT Safe Sex talk out of interest , but the latter was like going to a CHE ( Campaign for Homosexual Equality ) meeting for the first time and did not tell me anything I did not already know . |
| 9 | Speaking for the first time since the tragedy Kevin Larkin told the Echo : ‘ Jean was young and innocent . |
| 10 | The nine-year-old , running for the first time since his victory in last March 's Sun Alliance Chase , finished a tired horse behind his impressive stable companion Run For Free . |
| 11 | Er Er this motion is not an attempt to preempt applications Mr Chairman come before us that 's Mr said time is indicating for the first time that er September might possibly be months . |
| 12 | LUCKY Graham Frith , 35 , went fishing for the first time and caught almost 50 trout on the River Test in Hampshire . |
| 13 | This year sees a strong European attendance , with André Candillier from Paris showing for the first time while in the field of Old Masters . |
| 14 | Home ownership in America is falling for the first time since the Depression , just as the savings-and-loan collapse has made the government the largest single owner of property after foreclosing on bankrupt thrifts . |
| 15 | they 're advertising for the first time or the last ad |
| 16 | Kelly was talking for the first time since Brentford striker Blissett was acquitted of assaulting Torquay defender John Uzzell last week . |
| 17 | It often takes ages for a pair to get down to spawning for the first time and if you were to separate them now it would be extremely difficult to get them back together again . |
| 18 | Johnny , as though realizing for the first time that he was still wearing his pyjama trousers , began to worry at the knot in the cord at his waist , the trembling of his hands causing him to fumble ineffectively . |
| 19 | Mach looked up again , smiling for the first time since he had entered the room . |