Example sentences of "[v-ing] [det] [noun] for the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , I have found that students and businessmen who are using this technique for the first time tend to get confused between the two axes . |
| 2 | A board beside it bore a specification of the car and an outline of the services offered by Hazards Limited , who were sponsoring this prize for the first player to ace the hole . |
| 3 | My initial impression , on seeing this guitar for the first time , was that Rockwood have tried very hard to steer away from total Strat clone , whilst keeping all the essential ingredients pretty much to the fore . |
| 4 | They stood then for a moment in mutual silence and surprise , rather as Sophia and Rupert had stood on Ianthe 's doorstep , or like two strange cats meeting each other for the first time . |
| 5 | Marco van Basten , the European Footballer of the Year , gave European champions Milan a timely boost by returning to the squad for training this week for the first time since a cartilage operation on 1 September . |
| 6 | In fact they were clearly entranced by Hannah — which , it has to be said , is par for the course with everyone meeting this lady for the first time . |
| 7 | ‘ That was something I missed terribly when I retired and doing this race for the first time is a way of replacing it . ’ |
| 8 | We hope this will be of value to both feminists and philosophers approaching these questions for the first time . |
| 9 | Listen to his way with Chopin 's instruction la melodia tenuta e legata in the E minor , Op. 25 No. 5 , or the urgency ( rather than mere proficiency ) with which the notorious thirds of Op. 25 No. 6 are propelled , and you may well feel that you are hearing this music for the first time . |
| 10 | The US-Soviet strategic arms reduction talks ( START — see p. 37223 ) resumed in Geneva on Jan. 22 with the signing of a new agreement allowing both sides for the first time to inspect each other 's nuclear warheads . |