Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun sg] [noun pl] for the first " in BNC.

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1 Yesterday both Scots put the nightmare of Barcelona behind them , and made their dreams of becoming world champions for the first time come true .
2 Note : sandstone grades are for on-sight ascents using rope knots for the first time .
3 The never-say-die 69 year-old widower is also taking piano lessons for the first time .
4 In the depth of the recession , with the motor industry suffering more than most , Rover is introducing night shifts for the first time in three years .
5 For example , it was pointed out to me that some teachers were making lesson notes for the first time in years !
6 Alongside the new universities themselves , starting their degree courses from scratch and employing large numbers of sometimes rather dubiously qualified new lecturers , there was a parallel development in the polytechnics , many of them offering degree courses for the first time , and devising courses in subjects such as literature , languages , and philosophy that had nothing whatever to do with the technology-based courses for which they had first been invented .
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