Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 31 | It is suggestive that during his reign military uniform became for the first time permissible dress at the Habsburg court . |
| 32 | The whole of USL was valued at $325m eighteen months ago when AT&T sold off the first 21.7% . |
| 33 | Although Il Moro led for the first two legs , New Zealand showed her fearsome ability to climb to windward when she squeezed up from underneath Il Moro to take the lead at the third mark . |
| 34 | The congress also agreed for the first time that in order to ensure a separation of the MPRP and state bodies , the Chairman of the Presidium of the People 's Great Hural ( i.e. effective head of state ) should not be a member of the supreme governing body of the MPRP . |
| 35 | The Front comprised political and religious organizations and parties based in Iraq and Jordan , including the Moslem Brotherhood , which agreed for the first time to co-operate without preconditions with nationalist and non-religious groups . |
| 36 | ‘ I realised for the first time that I have never been wanted : it really was such a revelation . |
| 37 | Yohan , an old man , was moved to tears as he read a tract , as he realised for the first time how much God loved him . |
| 38 | ‘ So you will not consider me , after all our friendship ? ’ he asked , and Emily moved restlessly ; he realised for the first time that all her movements were studied . |
| 39 | Anyway , I was congratulated once more and I realised for the first time that I was actually doing some good . |
| 40 | She realised for the first time how Benjamin must be feeling . |
| 41 | At that moment I realised for the first time that not a single word had been uttered on the subject since the accident happened . |
| 42 | ‘ But only because when we turned up at the solicitor 's to work out the marriage settlement — her idea , not mine — she realised for the first time that I was n't as rich as she thought . |
| 43 | Speechless , she glared at him , then felt the colour start back to her cheeks as she realised for the first time what he was dressed in , which was very little indeed . |
| 44 | But as she sipped the hot , reviving brew , she realised for the first time since buying the house just how very quiet it was — eerily quiet . |
| 45 | He said he did not want to involve British troops and planes in action , but admitted for the first time that it was a possibility . |
| 46 | But last night they admitted for the first time that Mr Mellor did not refer it to the then Prime Minister , Mrs Thatcher . |
| 47 | Though he admitted for the first time he was the author of his own downfall , he spent much of his speech attacking the press . |
| 48 | The Soviet announcement in September 1989 that it was to dismantle the Krasnoyarsk radar station in Siberia ( see p. 36909 ) was followed by a statement on Oct. 23 , 1989 , by the Soviet Foreign Minister , Eduard Shevardnadze , who admitted for the first time that the location and orientation of the radar station constituted " a violation of the ABM treaty " . |
| 49 | In doing so , however , he admitted for the first time that he had made " every effort " to obtain the release of the hostages . |
| 50 | However , Murray also admitted for the first time how close she came to quitting after Barcelona . |
| 51 | He seemed embarrassed and stammered for the first time in his English . |
| 52 | The coroner heard it revealed for the first time — none of the family knew it — that Charlie had had a stroke a few months before , which explained the strange behaviour . |
| 53 | Convenient scapegoats perhaps , but the K G B was open about today 's activities too ; Major General Alexander Karbalnov of the K G B revealed for the first time that seven hundred thousand people have been executed for political crimes since the revolution and that three-and-a-half million have been repressed . |
| 54 | There was more in this vein as they turned right , and Mungo realized for the first time that they were actually heading into the forest . |
| 55 | She had n't missed him at all when he died , but now she realized for the first time that she had lost her father . |
| 56 | She realized for the first time fully consciously that she was ill at ease with , even afraid of , very tall men . |
| 57 | When she heard the voice of Sam 's mother she realized for the first time that it was more than likely that her own mother would , during the course of the evening , make some reference to the dinner-party which , she had been led to believe , was taking place in Pam 's house . |
| 58 | This he did , and it was then that I experienced for the first time his unexpected propensity for one-liners , conjured out of thin air . |
| 59 | She experienced for the first time the frightening inhospitality of city streets . |
| 60 | The information that the Departments have presented to us on which to er respond to the consultation has n't even been very and indeed when we requested after the first round of consultation to know the existing number of lines on which they placed er their , their recommendations . |