Example sentences of "his [noun] [verb] for the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Manager Kenny Shiels , watching his side win for the first time since the opening day of the season , feels that it 's not an impossible dream . |
| 2 | Manager Kenny Shiels , watching his side win for the first time since the opening day of the season , feels that it 's not an impossible dream . |
| 3 | The assassin 's blow threw him back against the wall , hitting it so hard he brought books tumbling from the shelves , but before the assassin 's fingers found his throat he delivered a punch to the man 's belly that must have touched some tender place , because the assault ceased , and the attacker let him go , his eyes fixed for the first time on Gentle 's face . |
| 4 | His head moves for the first time to follow his eyes and maintain the essential link of communication signals . |
| 5 | And there the momentum of his pursuit faltered for the first time . |
| 6 | His voice trembled for the first time . |
| 7 | In thus questioning whether poverty should be defined as existence in conditions below the barest subsistence minimum , or whether a higher minimum standard should be established in the interests of humanity and of aiming for high national standards of comfort and efficiency , Bowley and his colleagues raised for the first time some of the problems concerning the definition of poverty , which have remained at issue ever since . |