Example sentences of "and [prep] [art] first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | 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 . |
| 32 | It reminded her painfully of Jordan and for the first time she thought about how she was never going to touch him again . |
| 33 | 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 . |
| 34 | And for the first time I began to think of rewriting Peter Pan in a fresh and different way . |
| 35 | 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 . |
| 36 | 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 . |
| 37 | 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 . |
| 38 | And for the first time , Isobel smiled at her . |
| 39 | He never came to the hotel drunk and for the first time for years worked almost to a routine . |
| 40 | 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 . |
| 41 | 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 . |
| 42 | She came last to Lachlan , and for the first time since he had startled her raised her head to look him in the face . |
| 43 | 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 . |
| 44 | 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 . |
| 45 | And for the first time in the twenty-year history of St Christopher 's , a priest laughed in the pulpit . |
| 46 | Now the situation is changing and for the first time two excellent books have appeared on pain in children . |
| 47 | Bronwen reported the next day that Owen had slept deeply for about six hours , and for the first time in ages had not woken up several times during the night to go to the toilet . |
| 48 | Soon the mousy man became exhausted by struggling with the suitcase and for the first time the Feldwebel carried it for him . |
| 49 | It was a chilly evening when I left London via Paddington for Bedford , and for the first time I saw signs of panic . |
| 50 | This commenced with the Year eight pupils and for the first time in 1991 , we will be presenting all our school leavers with a RAE which again we feel will be of a high quality . |
| 51 | Someone who , through years of toil among parish registers , discerns and for the first time explains the minutiae of demographic change in a northern mill town , is clearly doing that sort of thing . |
| 52 | It is a language that needs a large memory capacity and for the first time there were machines available to use it . |
| 53 | In March 1980 the International Robot Symposium and Exhibition was held in Milan , and for the first time a British robot manufacturer showed its wares in a manner comparable with the best . |
| 54 | This year BMW will make about 580,000 cars and for the first time outstrip Mercedes . |
| 55 | Dunlop refused and for the first time revealed that he considered himself to be the sole owner of the horse . |
| 56 | The stage was set for the establishment of thirteen ‘ centres of excellence ’ for the development of full-time surveying — thanks , principally to the foresight and energy of HMI Howard Wainwright — and for the first time a sense of security and confidence was available to the selected centres , as they were encouraged to improve their resources base and to develop exempting RICS diplomas , and subsequently degrees , to be validated by the CNAA . |
| 57 | And for the first time Violet was sorry . |
| 58 | Proposals were made to give new powers to the police to control protest , as well as other processions and assemblies , and for the first time to require organisers to inform the police of their intentions in advance . |
| 59 | His patience was dwindling and for the first time in four years of marriage she could see he was on the point of losing his temper . |
| 60 | Once the heaviness dropped away her black hair formed into tight curls , and for the first time she looked almost pretty . |