Example sentences of "but [prep] the first [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have over the years many times come to the rostrum but for the first time it gives me no pleasure at all in saying what has to be said . |
| 2 | Being rude about Palin feels like bombing Switzerland , but for the first time he seems , with this series , to be to post-Python what Paul McCartney was to post-Beatles . |
| 3 | It was hard work , but for the first time there are signs of movement in Stephen 's legs and clinic staff are hopeful he may soon be able to walk . |
| 4 | She says — at first he was quite nervous , but after the first day he became much more confident and started his David Bellamy act , waving his arms about … |
| 5 | She had received a few blows in her time , but after the first shock she had swung back . |
| 6 | But in the first instance you 'll get these . |
| 7 | The remedy could be screening , but in the first instance it is reasonable to hope that it will average out . |
| 8 | But in the first place I believe we should direct our attentions to unschooled lay usages of the word . |
| 9 | Maggie had the greatest desire to answer in Spanish and confound him , but in the first place she was n't exactly up to it , and secondly she was keeping it under her hat . |
| 10 | Maybe he was unlucky on the last day , but on the first day he holed-in-one at the 5th and Seve had n't even started . |
| 11 | The woman 's eyes widened as she took it , but at the first taste she thrust it at Juliet , pulling a face . |