Example sentences of "from [noun] for the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Young people away from home for the first time also have to find the resources within themselves to create a pattern of living . |
| 2 | If you 're away from home for the first time , you may well feel lonely and unhappy — a major contributory factor in student depression and withdrawal from college . |
| 3 | But he fell from grace for the first time in 1985 when he was convicted of drink-driving at Weymouth , Dorset . |
| 4 | 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 ’ . |
| 5 | Simon Vinkenoog , the founder of Sigma Nederland provided a piece from Amsterdam for the first issue on the then prominent Provos , the proto-Green anarchists who had just won seats on that city 's council . |
| 6 | We all walk a certain amount every day of our lives , even if we are sedentary , and that is easier than starting from scratch for the first time jogging or cycling . |
| 7 | He was glad of the distraction , having earlier received a wire from Hilary who , at the last minute and in spite of cross-my-heart-and-hope-to-die promises , found it impossible , after all , to come down from London for the first night of Peter Pan . |