Example sentences of "[conj] [vb pp] for the first " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ The Poetry of Perestroika ’ is an anthology of poems that were written , or published for the first time , during the period when the bureaucratic grip was gradually loosened . |
2 | And realised for the first time that my lot as a walker was far safer than that of a cyclist . |
3 | In the meantime , the railway 's in-service stock is being repainted in a new dark red and ivory livery , mainly by one locally based volunteer and adorned for the first time with the railway 's insignia . |
4 | What I did get away with was arguably worse than murder , and revealed for the first time something of what I was letting myself in for by getting involved with Karen Parsons . |
5 | In Paris ! ) , then took a growler and made for the first address I had . |
6 | Arising from the resolute opposition by the District to the Board 's proposals , a sub-committee was also established by the Cambridge Board to consider its relations with the WEA and met for the first time in May 1938 . |
7 | ‘ So boo to you , ’ I said to the murderer as I went through the gate — and noticed for the first time that there were no bushes there , just a little hedge of lavender . |
8 | So she went on watching and noticed for the first time that Mrs Files had lovely hands , long-fingered , fine-textured , graceful in their mundane task . |
9 | While the aide translated these remarks Joseph Sherman took the opportunity to glance around the room and noticed for the first time that groups of diminutive Annamese were standing quietly with their wives among the taller European men and women . |
10 | He followed her into the sitting room , and noticed for the first time his packed bag . |
11 | In September Lafayette took pride of place on the Stoddard Templeton stand at the Harrogate exhibition , the main retail carpet exhibition of the year , where it was officially launched and shown for the first time . |
12 | Alice returned to the second coat and her work of balancing on the trestles , and thought for the first time : I 'm silly . |
13 | With less than a minute of the second half played Cork again jumped into the lead with a Thomas Mulcahy goal but Wexford replied immediately and led for the first time when Eamonn Cleary had their only goal in the 37th minute . |
14 | Jerking the trigger instead of squeezing it with a steady pressure , meant the gun muzzle being pulled slightly down and left for the first shot . |
15 | Chesarynth sensed it and realized for the first time that what she was hearing was nothing but verbally-trimmed ideas . |
16 | He saw the naked longing in her amber eyes and realized for the first time how much he had been neglecting her . |
17 | When stopped for the first offence , he claimed the cruise control on his BMW was set at 98mph . |
18 | This measurement may , therefore , be of clinical value in the assessment of a patient with impaired renal function when seen for the first time . |
19 | When introduced for the first time , technical terms can be helpfully identified by having inverted commas round them . |
20 | They are not illustrated here , because the nature and extent of digestion are the same as illustrated for the first category . |
21 | The Italian government approved on April 27 the lifting from May 14 of all remaining controls on capital movements , several weeks before the deadline of July 1 as required for the first stage of EMU to be implemented [ see also pp. 37132 ; 36598 ] . |