Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] for [art] first " in BNC.
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| 31 | He had been boxing in South Africa for three years and , according to boxing historian Gilbert Odd , had remained unbeaten for the first two years ( 1978 , pp.18–19 ) . |
| 32 | While one cuts with the peat iron [ Tarisker ] , the other stands catching the foot-square slabs of wet peat which are thrown flat for the first stage of drying . |
| 33 | Shortly after incitement to racial hatred became criminal for the first time in 1965 , for example , some commentators questioned whether Jewish persons were covered by the Act , pointing to the argument that the Jewish community has a religious rather than a racial identity . |
| 34 | The inevitability of death becomes real for the first time . |
| 35 | Sam became aware for the first time how bad he smelled . |
| 36 | He became communicative for the first time . |
| 37 | The loser should remain liable for the first instance costs , which would have been incurred in any event . |
| 38 | She was getting tired of the equipment — the leash and ring and creance — slowing her down , and I had to pluck up the courage to let her fly free for the first time . |
| 39 | I watched him jog off , the head held high for the first twenty yards , to promote oxygenation , then tucked in low as he measured out the rhythm of his pace . |
| 40 | He had been held scoreless for the first twenty-five minutes of the game but certainly went to town afterwards ! |