Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [adv] for the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Now we 're going home for the first proper Christmas Laura has ever had , ’ said Fran . |
| 2 | At the Invalidenstrasse crossing , an older man wept as he explained : ‘ I 'm going across for the first time since August 12 , 1961 . |
| 3 | There are many who have already started to vote , or will be doing so for the first time soon , with no first-hand experience of what Labour governments were like . |
| 4 | Many entrants to nursing will be leaving home for the first time or changing their location . |
| 5 | In times past , I had tried to get across to the continent as much as possible , but now , while other people were going abroad for the first time because of all the cheap travel around , I was ( without intending to be anti-social ) doing exactly the opposite and taking a look around the British Isles . |
| 6 | The bells of an Oxford church are ringing again for the first time in three years . |
| 7 | Howe , who underwent heart by-pass surgery four-and-a-half years ago , is speaking publicly for the first time since entering hospital earlier this month with a mystery chest complaint . |
| 8 | Will Carling , the captain of England , is travelling there for the first time and the selectors decided not to weigh him down with the cares of office . |
| 9 | The Swedes , at No. 16 with Dancing Queen are working together for the first time in seven years . |
| 10 | Stuart Barnes , the match captain , said : ‘ This team was playing together for the first time . |