Example sentences of "for [art] [num ord] time [verb] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This demand was indeed radical since women were for the first time trying to achieve some independence as persons and to exercise some power as individuals in their own right . |
| 2 | Indeed , I have found that students and businessmen who are using this technique for the first time tend to get confused between the two axes . |
| 3 | After that , strangely , for the first time began to feel the glow of achievement . |
| 4 | Her heart sank as she remembered the phone call which for the first time began to make sense . |
| 5 | But at the conference it was for the first time agreed to allow the constituency parties to elect their own separate representatives to the National Executive , and this at once led to the appearance in this category of Sir Stafford Cripps , Professor Harold Laski and D. N. Pritt — all advocates of close collaboration with the Communist Party , and Pritt indistinguishable from an actual card-carrying member . |
| 6 | Mine Host Norman raised his glass of Highland Park whisky yesterday and for the first time managed to raise a smile from the assembled guests . |
| 7 | Your brain is for the first time having to struggle and strive and keep really busy , which is great . |
| 8 | Christina flicked back her long hair and concentrated on Pauline , who seemed for the first time to want to confide in her . |
| 9 | Once the last post had been played two thousand eyes closed , as soldiers under canvas for the first time tried to sleep . |
| 10 | Let's not forget that even if no more children 's books were published at all , each year would still see the arrival of a new cohort of children and their parents and grandparents , who for the first time start to contemplate buying books which are relevant for a child of that age . |