Example sentences of "[verb] [subord] for the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a terrible disappointment , my heart sank as for the first time I detected a stiffness in Leo 's voice . |
| 2 | In 1965 the clash was more marked because for the first time the EEC was seriously attempting to inaugurate a common policy . |
| 3 | If the sense of the magnetic field is irrelevant , but the same physics applies as for the first reversal , the pole that starts at the North Geographic Pole must once again pass through the Americas . |
| 4 | Neil Cochrane 's mouth tightened when for the first time Sally-Anne saw his face plain , and reacted by controlling her own , so that the shock which she had received was only momentarily shown . |
| 5 | An initiation for prisoners had been established where for the first week officers were encouraged to violently beat and humiliate the new prisoner in nauseous ways . |