Example sentences of "come for the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | A quick dust , to get rid of the cobwebs , and it 's off to the track , adrenalin pumping , because that time has come for the first track workout of the summer . |
2 | Despite publicity about their strict code of conduct , it was obvious that the rules had been broken because when the time came for the first troupe to go home , John was astounded to learn that eight out of the sixteen had married during the run and intended to remain behind and every one of the other eight was engaged . |
3 | They came for the first lot for nine months , then they went back . |
4 | If only — the thought came for the first time — if only she had stayed with Papa ! |
5 | Then , during his three years in exile he came for the first time into close contact with the main exponents of the Gregorian ideal , and we must ask how far and in what circumstances he adopted the phraseology of the Gregorian reformers ; then , whether he adopted the theoretical structure which their favourite phrase libertas ecclesiae expressed , or adopted the phrase for use only in exceptional circumstances and for special reasons . |
6 | But , for a reader coming for the first time to the subject , this can not give a sense of the rightness , diversity and very real differences in feminist art history and criticism over the last couple of decades . |
7 | Perhaps come for the first time . |