Example sentences of "for the first time and " in BNC.
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| 1 | The scene in the book where Robyn arrives at the factory for the first time and goes and has a conversation with Wilcox , that 's four pages , which would take 15 minutes in playing time if you acted it out . |
| 2 | The quarrel between faith and unbelief touched him for the first time and unsettled his mind . |
| 3 | Of greater interest to The Times was the attendance of the King at the match for the first time and the fact that a cuckoo had been heard in the vicinity of the Crystal Palace . |
| 4 | Compartmentation of the interior means that the building is experienced in a new way — details which were once distant ( and which may have been executed in the knowledge that they would not be viewed at close hand ) are seen in ‘ close-up ’ for the first time and in relation to much smaller and more intimate spaces ( Plate 20 ) . |
| 5 | Soldiers will be allowed to abandon their jackets in the summer for the first time and wear an almond-green shirt with epaulettes . |
| 6 | She wrote to me saying that in this place she found it possible to forgive for the first time and then return home to seek reconciliation . |
| 7 | She also looked great — out of dungarees for the first time and into a becomingly simple black dress . |
| 8 | With 15 minutes gone Airdrie were able to break out into attack for the first time and Hearts ' experienced defenders looked oddly rattled , particularly when Coyle came close with a flashing cross-shot from the left . |
| 9 | A BLOOD-SUCKING parasite from Asia is attacking Britain 's bees for the first time and honey supplies could be affected . |
| 10 | Acceptance came when their eldest daughter , Claire , then aged five , expressed her delight at seeing the twins for the first time and said simply : ‘ Oh look Mammy , they 're stuck together . ’ |
| 11 | Witton , like their opponents , are also attempting to reach the final for the first time and today 's clash at Marine 's Rossett Park ground is all-ticket with a crowd limit of 2,500 being set by the police . |
| 12 | Half-way up the straight , Piggott picked up his whip for the first time and the resulting explosion was unforgettable . |
| 13 | For instance , half a dozen A's are included much later because as Miller explained varieties of Aloe and Agave had only recently flowered in the Chelsea Garden for the first time and could not have appeared before . |
| 14 | My opera was performed yesterday , the 13th , for the first time and was such a success … the whole theatre was so packed that a great many people were turned away … |
| 15 | I could then have pretended to notice him for the first time and have engaged him in conversation in an impromptu manner . |
| 16 | The Olympic qualifying standard had been set at 64.50m so he went seriously into steroid use for the first time and threw a Commonwealth record of 67.32 within a few months . |
| 17 | But I got to write songs with Dave Anderson and Rab Handleigh for the first time and the reggae ‘ Interference song ’ which Terry Neason sang was a thrill for me as I 'd always wanted to write something for her absolutely amazing voice . |
| 18 | However , others in the industry are concerned about ‘ cowboy ’ companies dabbling in biotechnology for the first time and about the commercial offshoots of universities which are scaling up laboratory experiments — often on shoestring budgets . |
| 19 | Cal turned round for the first time and stared at Vern . |
| 20 | Relatives often seem to feel that they do not need to bring a contribution , unless , of course , you are young , living alone for the first time and being visited by your mother , in which case she will probably bring a month 's supply of food and wash up for you as well ! |
| 21 | As they passed him , he looked directly at Midnight for the first time and said with genuine feeling : ‘ I 'm sorry . |
| 22 | I remember when I say John Bellany for the first time and he said , ‘ All that matters at the end of the day is the work ’ . |
| 23 | The Brichardi have just bred for the first time and have a healthy brood of 20 or so fry . |
| 24 | I once used Body Positive to put someone recently diagnosed in touch , and I once went to a THT Safe Sex talk out of interest , but the latter was like going to a CHE ( Campaign for Homosexual Equality ) meeting for the first time and did not tell me anything I did not already know . |
| 25 | He was a local lad and already a star in clubland , and I was a second-year apprentice comic visiting the north-east for the first time and decidedly wary of its reputation . |
| 26 | Or suppose that I am eating escargots for the first time and can not bring myself to forget the disgustingly slimy look and feel of snails in the garden . |
| 27 | ‘ We opened for the first time and we 're doing extremely well , ’ said assistant manager Greg Hughes . |
| 28 | And we got plenty more attention , too , when Davis went out into the Crucible Theatre arena as world champion for the first time and promptly got slaughtered 10-1 by a complete unknown by the name of Tony Knowles . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | These will allow Chinese enterprises independent decision-making powers for the first time and allow them to compete with each other in the marketplace . |