Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] for the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Literary Lionisers , having commanded their maids and valets , if they had them , to unpack , or if they had not , scurried through this tedious task themselves , were gathering for the first event of the week , the promenade around Dickens 's Broadstairs . |
| 2 | ‘ My name 's Stirling , ’ he said , almost as though we were meeting for the first time outside his Club in London . |
| 3 | Red Rum and Desert Orchid were meeting for the first time . |
| 4 | More than 500,000 people were voting for the first time . |
| 5 | Michelle , Valerie and June were jumping for the first time , but Kay had two charity parachute jumps under her belt already . |
| 6 | The wisdom of the Northern Ireland Branch of introducing a Grade 4B a few years ago , is paying off now , when this grade attracted an entry of 21 bands , some of which were playing for the first time . |
| 7 | She studied it carefully as though it were some unfamiliar object she was seeing for the first time . |
| 8 | Lester was producing for the first time , after his experience with A Funny Thing Happened On the Way To the Forum . |
| 9 | Moreover it was becoming for the first time , as a result of Peter 's administrative reforms , an institution concerned solely with diplomacy . |
| 10 | The 1,000-strong Congress , which was meeting for the first time since the collapse of the Soviet Union , is the only body in the country that can change the constitution and other basic laws . |
| 11 | Again , it was with the help of Phil Andrews , who was No.1 on Venturous at that time , with Bob Wellock , an ex air/sea RAF coxswain from Liverpool Customs in command whom I was meeting for the first time . |
| 12 | Archie 's Nephew , a stable-companion of Rushing Wild , was scoring for the first time this season , having acted as a schoolmaster for novice riders in several earlier runs . |
| 13 | The horse was racing for the first time for Epsom trainer Roger Ingram having previously run in Ireland for Joanna Morgan . |
| 14 | I knew then that what I was telling him he was hearing for the first time . |
| 15 | SILLARS STALKER * , who was winning for the first time on the Flat when landing an apprentice handicap at Hamilton Park eight days ago , should make a successful return to the Scottish track in today 's Levy Board Handicap ( 5.15 ) . |
| 16 | In a way I was happy : I had achieved something , I was winning for the first time in my life , and I had a strong sense of myself as a differentiated individual . |
| 17 | McKenzie was fighting for the first time since losing his IBF title to Ulster 's Dave McAuley . |
| 18 | Paul Stern , the vice-president of the Vienna Bridge Club , soon invited her to join the Austrian Ladies ' Team , which was preparing for the first European Women 's Teams Championship to be held in Brussels in 1935 . |
| 19 | The allegations broke on Tuesday as Jackson was preparing for the first of two concerts in Bangkok , the first stop in the Asian swing of his Dangerous world tour . |
| 20 | While part of Polly 's brain noted the fresh fragrance of the soap and minty scent of toothpaste , the other part was registering for the first time the significance of plastic-covered grab-rails in the shower cubicle and on the front of the vanity unit . |
| 21 | When a number of us here did a study of the 1984 Chesterfield by-election , where Tony Benn was standing for the first time , and asked constituents themselves what they felt about the broadcast coverage , they repeatedly used the word ‘ bias ’ to describe it . |
| 22 | Kelly was talking for the first time since Brentford striker Blissett was acquitted of assaulting Torquay defender John Uzzell last week . |
| 23 | Saxton was talking for the first time since being sent home from Barcelona for taking the drug Clenbuterol . |
| 24 | We were in Verbier in March 1990 with our two sons aged 9 and 11 , both good skiers , and a daughter of 4 who was skiing for the first time . |