Example sentences of "and for the first [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | I decided this would be a good experimental site on which to try my new detector , and for the first hour of detecting felt that I had been right in my assumption that I had really cleaned this place out . |
2 | Bloody clouds of flies and biting things and humming whatsits and for the first couple of weeks you think how extraordinary , well it does n't matter getting bitten , everyone else is , except Matt with his NASA US-Govt issue personal mosquito repellent and corned-beef face-protector . |
3 | Many of the hotels in this brochure do continue to provide waiter serve , although some of these will have buffet for breakfast and for the first course of main meals . |
4 | In fact it took another two years for the project to be fully studied , for the government to support its formal submission to the World Bank , for the Bank 's board to approve it and for the first tranche of funds to flow . |
5 | His aim was to boost flagging sales , and for the first time during the recession new cars came within the grasp of those who still had some cash . |
6 | He never came to the hotel drunk and for the first time for years worked almost to a routine . |
7 | After she fell in love with Astrid , she became Dragonfly Moonchild , the world her oyster , and for the first time on the daily journey , she saw an adventure playground over the hoardings by the Elephant and Castle , and all the poles were painted like a carousel . |
8 | He saw with pleasure that she looked cold but not frightened ; she was beginning to swim more slowly and for the first time with trust , as if the water were a friendly and not an alien element . |
9 | The play features actors Catherine Aran , Maldwyn John , Merfyn Jones and for the first time with Bara Caws , Manon Prysor . |
10 | The government lost by one vote , 311 to 310 , and for the first time since October 1924 an administration had been voted out of office through a Commons vote . |
11 | But the whole incident has depressed me and for the first time since being diagnosed it occurs to me that I might be dying . |
12 | Once in the shadows we notice the gusting , frozen wind , and for the first time since arriving in Bolivia we feel cold while climbing . |
13 | While her unpleasant husband shut himself in his room and wrote letters , she explored the island with Paul Masson and for the first time in her life ‘ tasted and touched the salt , the sand , the seaweed , the odorous soft bed of the receding sea , the dripping fish ’ . |
14 | I fill a mess-tin with meat , potatoes , and various vegetables , and for the first time in many months , I pour a very delicious gravy over the lot . |
15 | Mrs Chamorro declined to give interviews while in Washington but in an article published this week , she wrote : ‘ Ten years of living dangerously has brought civil war , an exodus of a fifth of our countrymen , an annual inflation of 30,000 per cent , 40 per cent unemployment and for the first time in our history , mass hunger . |
16 | Early on a wet Sunday morning outside Yaroslavl station , in the centre of Moscow , my journey was complete and for the first time in 10 days I was alone . |
17 | And for the first time in the twenty-year history of St Christopher 's , a priest laughed in the pulpit . |
18 | Bronwen reported the next day that Owen had slept deeply for about six hours , and for the first time in ages had not woken up several times during the night to go to the toilet . |
19 | This commenced with the Year eight pupils and for the first time in 1991 , we will be presenting all our school leavers with a RAE which again we feel will be of a high quality . |
20 | His patience was dwindling and for the first time in four years of marriage she could see he was on the point of losing his temper . |
21 | He understood at once why she had not told him ; he remembered the glass of milk in the café , and for the first time in weeks he was able to weep . |
22 | And for the first time in nearly three years she had been able to talk about Martin . |
23 | Sinead 's father John saw the progressive school in Waterford as a last chance for his wayward daughter and for the first time in her life she came across a school where she had nothing to rebel against . |
24 | Nevertheless , it was a worrying period , and for the first time in his life he occasionally resorted to taking one of my sleeping-tablets . |
25 | Immediately , therefore , I was involved in the gay movement and for the first time in my life in a couple relationship . |
26 | And for the first time in the conference 's 109year history , a speaker — pro-European Edward Giles of East Hampshire — was interrupted with cries of ‘ b—ks . |
27 | This was held on 16 February 1936 and for the first time in the history of the Second Republic involved an evenly matched contest between large , cohesive left- and right-wing alliances ; the Radical Party virtually disappeared as a significant force , leaving the political centre effectively unrepresented . |
28 | He made no announcement until 19 October , and perhaps did not even close his own mind until no more than a week earlier , but on 3 October , the same day that the Italian attack was eventually launched , he went to Bournemouth and for the first time in seven years addressed the Conservative Party Conference . |
29 | Katherine stood up quickly and crossed to the drinks cabinet , her fingers tracing the metal discs on the cut-glass decanters … and for the first time in many months thought about Dermot Corcoran , her late husband . |
30 | But one day , as he sat by a mountain stream , he actually looked at a flower , and for the first time in ten years he realized how beautiful something living could be . |