Example sentences of "for the first [noun] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He paid for the first round out of a fiver and the third with another fiver . |
| 2 | A few people were already astir in the first village they passed through , and when they reached the piazza in Pontino higher up a huddled group stood within the light and warmth of the doorway of the Bar Italia waiting for the first bus down to Florence . |
| 3 | But Greenford was in Middlesex and many was the night I spent in the pissing rain having walked to Acton Town station to wait for the first train home in the morning . |
| 4 | They waited for the first flight out of Iraq on which there were seats . |
| 5 | ( iv ) If a discretionary life sentence is passed , the minister of state sets the date for the first review strictly in accordance with the views of the judiciary , thus following the decision in Ex parte Handscomb , 86 Cr.App.R. 59 , and Mr. Hurd 's 1987 statement . |
| 6 | Ripley 's failure was part of a team malfunction that left Blackburn beaten for the first time away from home in the League . |
| 7 | Equally uncertain is the length of his stay in Egypt : Ibn Hajar , followed by Taskopruzade , says only that " he returned to Rum and was appointed kadi of Bursa " , which post , as will be shown below , he held for the first time probably from about 795/1392–3 to about 805/1402–3 . |
| 8 | A new name soon to be engraved in the swindon town hall of fame is centre-half Adrian Whitbread … a five hundred thousand pound signing from Orient Adrian was on the County Ground pitch for the first time today to line-up with his new team mates for the annual pre season picture … and as you 'd expect it was all smiles |
| 9 | In the city the FT one hundred shares index broke through the three thousand barrier for the first time today after hopes of an early cut in interest rates . |
| 10 | I looked for the first time straight into his moonlit eyes , and I saw Perkin the son , the husband , the one who worked with wood . |
| 11 | In the bedroom she had done everything that Tom Horrocks had bidden her , reflexively , without panic ; yet she had known herself for the first time up against the frailty of the human organism — ; the mess of it , the degradation . |
| 12 | Speaking for the first time publicly about the death of Leonora , five , Lady Romsey praises Charles for his ‘ incredible caring and understanding . ’ |
| 13 | An exhibition that brings together ( for the first time in over a century ) the Pre-Raphaelites ' paintings , sculpture and decorative arts that decorated the houses of the region 's Victorian industrialists and entrepreneurs . |
| 14 | The old man , propped in his chair for the first time in over a month , laid a trembling hand on the babe 's head . |
| 15 | These two documents provided , for the first time in over a century , a summary of the various arguments on the subject of a national audit office . |
| 16 | Large areas of western Scotland , mid- and North Wales and the upland zones of the North and South West of England have exhibited population gains , in some cases for the first time in over a century . |
| 17 | For the first time in over a month Charles felt certain that he had n't lost interest in sex . |
| 18 | Now , for the first time in over a decade there is uncertainty over the Chelsea veteran 's inclusion . |
| 19 | The new synthetic pitch at the Jordanstown campus has attracted the prestigious tournament to Northern Ireland for the first time in over a decade , and the impressive facilities at the campus will be used together with the new pitch at Valley Leisure Centre . |
| 20 | The only thing these artists have in common is their gallery of origin the Bachelier-Cardonsky of Kent , Connecticut , USA which has sent their work for the first time ever to Paris where it can be seen at Gianna Sistu for a month . |
| 21 | And here , for the first time ever on a decorative plate by Coalport , a pair of lively Robins pay tribute to the works of one of the most respected bird illustrators of all time . |
| 22 | Giraffe , zebra and , for the first time ever on an industrial site , white rhinoceros have been introduced . |
| 23 | Fiat 's cultural showplace , the Palazzo Grassi , collaborates for the first time ever with a Venetian museum and produces an exhibition that is beautiful but misses the mark |
| 24 | But she had never realized quite how much knowledge she had assimilated until today , until she had been forced into conversation for the first time ever with a total stranger . |
| 25 | In his comprehensive Apples Of England , Dr Taylor states that ‘ In England this variety only reaches full maturity in years of hot summers , ’ and goes on to say that ‘ Indeed , November- December-picked Sturmers are the best , ’ and , with a basket-full of fine specimens picked for the first time ever in the latter month , I agree . |
| 26 | For the first time ever in Britain , CS gas was fired at rioters by the police . |
| 27 | His two goals helped Vale beat local rivals Stoke for the first time since 1956 and for the first time ever in the FA Cup . |
| 28 | For the first time ever in Germany , Chillida , who normally works with museums in Spain , will be exhibiting pieces from his private collection . |
| 29 | And then , for the first time ever in my life , I what I normally do is I have sort of maybe some questions that I definitely pre-plan and if I 'm lucky one or two of them , and this paper all three of my prepared questions actually came up exactly as I 'd worded them , or near enough . |
| 30 | Paris and Frankfurt are growing particularly fast ( capitalisation increases of 83 per cent and 64 per cent respectively during 1989 ) , with turnover of domestic equities on German Exchanges being larger than the ISE 's for the first time ever in 1989 . |