Example sentences of "[coord] for [art] first time " in BNC.
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1 | After she fell in love with Astrid , she became Dragonfly Moonchild , the world her oyster , and for the first time on the daily journey , she saw an adventure playground over the hoardings by the Elephant and Castle , and all the poles were painted like a carousel . |
2 | While her unpleasant husband shut himself in his room and wrote letters , she explored the island with Paul Masson and for the first time in her life ‘ tasted and touched the salt , the sand , the seaweed , the odorous soft bed of the receding sea , the dripping fish ’ . |
3 | The pace picks up towards the end : Bolam 's hair goes awry , and for the first time a sense of desperation enters his acting . |
4 | I fill a mess-tin with meat , potatoes , and various vegetables , and for the first time in many months , I pour a very delicious gravy over the lot . |
5 | The government lost by one vote , 311 to 310 , and for the first time since October 1924 an administration had been voted out of office through a Commons vote . |
6 | But to be made a deacon was for the first time to profess before a multitude that the soul undertook the cause of God in a special ministry , and for the first time to feel sent to an apostolic work . |
7 | He met the descendants of Lascar seamen or other immigrants who settled into Liverpool and for the first time saw the need for justice to an immigrant community . |
8 | She hesitated at the corner , reluctant almost to discover that she was now , as of this moment , completely lost in the world , and for the first time she asked herself clearly why she had decided to come here . |
9 | Nora Fanshawe raised her head and for the first time he saw her smile , an ugly harsh smile of self-mockery . |
10 | Mountbatten saw Charles for what he was and liked what he saw , and for the first time the growing Prince was given some real sense of his own worth . |
11 | Mrs Chamorro declined to give interviews while in Washington but in an article published this week , she wrote : ‘ Ten years of living dangerously has brought civil war , an exodus of a fifth of our countrymen , an annual inflation of 30,000 per cent , 40 per cent unemployment and for the first time in our history , mass hunger . |
12 | Bought by collectors — and for the first time whilst , as it were , still wet — by museums . |
13 | She stands close to the bed , and for the first time I see her naked : Agnes , the heroine of my novel . |
14 | It was made easier for companies to set up their own schemes and for the first time everyone would be given the right of a personal pension of their own . |
15 | Now , while as if bestowing some order of merit she fastened the beads round my neck , her face wore a motherly expression and for the first time I was with the Aunt Louise of my childhood . |
16 | Of those , the Trooper 's got the edge and for the first time leads its own sub-section of 4 × 4 off-roaders . |
17 | This was the initial running of the world 's oldest Classic under commercial sponsorship , and for the first time the winner 's prize money topped £100,000 . |
18 | It reminded her painfully of Jordan and for the first time she thought about how she was never going to touch him again . |
19 | Early on a wet Sunday morning outside Yaroslavl station , in the centre of Moscow , my journey was complete and for the first time in 10 days I was alone . |
20 | And for the first time I began to think of rewriting Peter Pan in a fresh and different way . |
21 | These high-performance , rugged tools are claimed to offer the best value for money on the market for the enthusiastic d-i-yer and tradesman , and for the first time offer the possibility of a battery recharging time of just a quarter of an hour . |
22 | Demolition trains became a regular sight on Sundays during 1987 however , and for the first time in over 30 years it was possible to photograph trains without the hindrance of electric stanchions . |
23 | And for the first time , she got a response , for Isobel bobbed her head slightly and then looked down at the infant in the cot . |
24 | And for the first time , Isobel smiled at her . |
25 | He never came to the hotel drunk and for the first time for years worked almost to a routine . |
26 | In the whole history of a people its holiest moment is when it awakens from its unconsciousness and for the first time thinks of its old holy rights . |
27 | The NILP was represented by a strong contingent which carried the party banner and for the first time Ivan Cooper took a prominent part in the proceedings . |
28 | She came last to Lachlan , and for the first time since he had startled her raised her head to look him in the face . |
29 | She accepted a glass of water and for the first time looked round in order to take in the room and the people before her . |
30 | Things began to improve in the nineteenth century , however , when more coordinated methods were employed , and for the first time , digging began to be directed at finding out about Pompeii , rather than making a profit . |