Example sentences of "[vb past] [adj] for [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | As The Lord of the Rings was coming to the end of its gestation it became possible for the first time for political leaders to say they wanted nothing and make it come true . |
| 2 | Last Thursday their problems became public for the first time when Allen began a legal battle for custody of three of their children . |
| 3 | Yeah well , you see , we found that for the first three or four years now they 've gradually dropped off a bit , but they did used to , I mean they still come , but it |
| 4 | The conversion into owner-farmers of those who had hitherto been tenants or agricultural labourers provided many for the first time with genuine prospects of making a decent living , unburdened by debts , high rents or heavy taxes . |
| 5 | She told Susan about her encounter when she gave her the humbugs , and the elder sister seemed interested for the first time that evening . |
| 6 | BRITAIN 'S most bitter boxing rivals bawled it out during a chance encounter in London yesterday when Nigel Benn and Chris Eubank came face-to-face for the first time in 25 months since their epic world title fight . |
| 7 | Tokyo touched 26000 for the first time since last August . |
| 8 | Miss Chalk , who joined Pipe a couple of months ago , started 5-2 for the first division of the Yellow Collar Selling Hurdle and made all the running to beat Dreaming Star by 10 lengths . |
| 9 | Erteco , for example , broke even for the first time only last year . |
| 10 | Meanwhile , in Bosnia the heads of its three warring armies met face-to-face for the first time yesterday and signed a ceasefire deal for the whole republic . |
| 11 | Financial compensation became available for the first time for criminal injuries ; the community service order raised hopes as an alternative to custody ; and an elaborate system of parole , later greatly expanded , was instituted . |
| 12 | Their report , published by the Worldwide Fund for Nature ( WWF ) , draws on climate data made available for the first time to the West by the Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences . |
| 13 | How did you say you felt free for the first time in your life ? |
| 14 | She looked interested for the first time . |
| 15 | ‘ With Amber I felt sick for the first five months , ’ she says . |
| 16 | In comparison , the index for eastern Germany — including price-controlled goods — was below the level for 1989 for the final quarter of 1990 at 98.5 , but reached 107.0 for the first quarter of 1991 ( 1989=100 ) . |
| 17 | He felt uneasy for the first time ever , a prickling at the back of his neck , a sense of personal danger . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Sheep entries set a new record , and topped 500 for the first time . |
| 20 | Sam became aware for the first time how bad he smelled . |
| 21 | He became communicative for the first time . |
| 22 | 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 . |