Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun sg] for [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Twenty-three years after becoming premier for the first time , he shows every indication of wanting to lead the Liberals against the Parti Québécois in another election . |
| 2 | We 'll even give you free glazing insurance for the first 12 months . |
| 3 | Kit had learned how to grow certain lucrative crops on the mainland , when he served with Roger Pole and the local Indians had been drafted to instruct them ; but he was cultivating indigo for the first time , in Sycorax 's former enclave , and he found the plant tricky and demanding and considered its production women 's work . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's the best day of my life , ’ said Capriati after defeating Graf for the first time . |
| 5 | Meeting Sien for the first time and getting to know her was like knowing ‘ a fellow creature as lonesome and unhappy as myself ’ , no more and no less . |
| 6 | We subsequently undertook an additional study of the records of 450 call outs of London police surgeons and are now conducting research for the first comprehensive national study of police surgeons . |
| 7 | ‘ Its combination of performance , quality engineering , specification and economy will win customers away from competitive models and attract buyers who are considering diesel for the first time , ’ he said . |
| 8 | For instance , at Hambro Life Assurance , employees receive the costs of legal and any other fees incurred in buying property for the first time . |
| 9 | These are the children who sometimes crack at university level because they are facing challenge for the first time in their lives . ’ |
| 10 | If you are installing LIFESPAN for the first time , then it is recommended that you create up to three LIFESPAN Processes , as described below . |
| 11 | A new leaflet aimed at young people starting work for the first time has been produced by the Inland Revenue . |
| 12 | The loss of a single seat would mean the Tories surrendering control for the first time since nineteen seventy four . |
| 13 | HAVING sex for the first time does n't frighten 15 year old Amber Armitage . |
| 14 | ‘ I think they would both probably only tell me after the event about having sex for the first time but as long as I have helped prepare them they wo n't do anything silly . |
| 15 | WALLACE could return to United 's League starting line-up for the first time in 16 months . |
| 16 | A number of countries which were suspected ( principally by the USA and other Western countries ) of developing chemical weapons-including Libya , Iraq and Syria-were among a total of 22 countries taking part for the first time in the committee 's deliberations since the opening of the spring session , albeit as observers . |
| 17 | On Bonaire all three seats were won by the Bonaire Patriotic Union ( Union Patriotico Bonairiano — UPB — one in 1985 ) ; on St Maarten the Democratic Party of St Maarten ( DP-SM ) won two seats ( three in 1985 ) and the Patriotic Alliance won one , entering parliament for the first time ; on Saba the single seat went as before to the Windward Islands People 's Movement ( WIPM — not the West Indian People 's Movement as given on p. 36212 ) ; and on St Eustatius the single seat went as before to the Democratic Party of St Eustatius ( DP-SE ) . |
| 18 | The Agency 's Management Development Division organises and sponsors courses for those entering management for the first time , those already in management and those wishing to take up a management position after a period of unemployment . |
| 19 | Get Ready ! is a lively two-level course for children who are learning English for the first time . |
| 20 | And in taking prey for the first time he had found courage . |
| 21 | Consequently the remaining seven Wellingtons of 148 Squadron left for Egypt , making room for the first detachment of six Blenheims from 21 Squadron . |
| 22 | Now she waited , husbanding strength for the first of many visitors . |
| 23 | Fighting spread for the first time to Serbian territory on Nov. 5 and 6 , when Croatian forces were reported to have attacked Serbian villages . |
| 24 | They treated him like a child trying champagne for the first time . |
| 25 | It intends to use its contacts with architects , builders , joiners , electricians etc to provide a building and hopefully also assist in raising income for the first few years ' running costs . |
| 26 | It is also the area of greatest concern to companies contemplating exporting for the first time of those considering a significant expansion of their overseas activities . |
| 27 | Neighbours and business people , many of whom are confronting disability for the first time , have yet to work out ways of behaving with respect towards them and ways of making links which are welcome and helpful . |