Example sentences of "for the first [noun sg] [subord] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 All the intercepts are significantly greater than zero except for the first sub-period when it is significantly lower than zero .
2 a ) From : 7.00 pm — and for the first performance when there are two performances from 6.00 pm — GEORGE IV BRIDGE both sides and CHAMBERS STREET both sides .
3 Okay now at this stage you do n't normally have to ask for volunteers for the first group because it usually sort of role then off they go .
4 So consequently every time I moved school , moved into different I had to fight me way there for the first week because I hated anyone to call me Ginger you see ?
5 ‘ I fell in love for the first time while I was still at school , ’ she has revealed .
6 Again , he was teaching in London for the first time although he had taught before :
7 And , even more disturbingly , the three men now at liberty talk at length — for the first time since their release — about being wrongly imprisoned and reveal how they were beaten into signing confessions .
8 Then she went to bed exhausted and , for the first time since her terror started , slept well .
9 The new policy will drop , for the first time since its introduction in the early Eighties , a presumption in favour of house-building at the expense of other conservation considerations .
10 For the first time since they began the surveys , Dun and Bradstreet report a negative outlook for the profits of retailers , which indicates a gloomy outlook for consumer spending in the run-up to Christmas .
11 When they went through the first gate at the bottom of the hill they were out of people 's eyes for the first time since they had met .
12 A nine-year-old , he is the ideal age and will be ridden by Hywel Davies for the first time since they won the 1989 Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup .
13 After clinching the Bob Lord Trophy against Runcorn in midweek , Wycombe travel to Altrincham today hoping to relieve Colchester of the leadership for the first time since they went top five months ago .
14 Val left him for the first time since they had set up house , and went briefly ‘ home ’ .
15 THE BIRTHDAY PARTY , the highly influential Australian band of the late '70s/early '80s , reunited for the first time since they split in 1983 at an NME -sponsored gig last week .
16 Jacko looked him in the eyes for the first time since they 'd met .
17 For the first time since they 'd come into the house , Roman turned his dark gaze directly on to her .
18 For the first time since they had left the house , he seemed rather less relaxed .
19 KENNY MORRIS starred in his own version of ‘ Lethal Weapon ’ in front of the cameras yesterday as Holywood clinched the Harp Senior League Championship for the first time since they changed their name from Belfast YMCA in 1987 .
20 In some parts of the south-east , groundwater levels are lower than at any time since records began 200 years ago , with some boreholes in the Chiltern Hills drying up for the first time since they were sunk last century .
21 And the Tynesiders could be among the medals for the first time since they won the event in 1987 and 1988 .
22 After Arsenal had demolished Coventry City 3-0 at Highbury to take top place for the first time since they won the Championship in May 1991 , Graham said : ‘ It is no good looking back .
23 Labour 's positive agenda opens up the prospect for the first time since we joined the Community in 1973 of Britain participating constructively in the European Community .
24 It rained for the first time since we arrived in Sian today ; There has been a drought all winter , and the townsfolk have been out into the countryside to help water the crops .
25 In early July the waiting was broken by the excitement of Maggie coming home for the first time since she had left for London .
26 For the first time since she arrived in Rome , the connection came up immediately and she could hear Nora 's voice , distant but clear , at the other end .
27 For the first time since she iced her Dad , Jazzbeaux felt she really had a purpose on this dull earth .
28 For the first time since she 'd appeared she said his name , tentatively , as though in this darkness she 'd suddenly doubted he was real .
29 A light breeze made play with her skirts and , for the first time since she had arrived at Yelton , she wished she could let down her hair and feel the wind run its fingers through it .
30 For the first time since she had moved back into the house , she knew she could n't face an evening with Jacob .
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