Example sentences of "for the first time on " in BNC.

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1 After she fell in love with Astrid , she became Dragonfly Moonchild , the world her oyster , and for the first time on the daily journey , she saw an adventure playground over the hoardings by the Elephant and Castle , and all the poles were painted like a carousel .
2 Even so I did not expect my feet to be trouble-free after using them for the first time on a full day 's hiking in the Purbeck Hills .
3 The Cabinet 's Social Security Committee met in the Downing Street Cabinet room for the first time on Wednesday 6 February 1985 .
4 At precisely the same time as circumcision and the blood of circumcision was receiving this new casting and additional dimension , legislation about female blood — i.e. the blood of menstruation and childbirth — appeared for the first time on the scene .
5 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 ) .
6 The Cabinet will meet for the first time on Wednesday to draw up a programme of legislation for the new session of Parliament , which will last 18 months until the autumn of 1993 .
7 When the new Parliament meets for the first time on Monday , April 27 , the first task facing MPs will be to choose a Speaker .
8 The formative period from 1850 to 1914 witnessed the birth of a clearly identifiable movement , with labour organising for the first time on a massive scale .
9 When , for example , establishment actor Raymond Massey saw James Dean in action for the first time on the set of East of Eden , emitting as he did a stream of sexual and genital adjectives , Massey stormed off the set declaring , ‘ I have never experienced anything like this in my entire life .
10 Not for the first time on a trip , the naturalist , writer and traveller Redmond O'Hanlon fantasized about waking between crisp , dry sheets .
11 Finally , Yusuf advanced and the thunderous roll of the Moorish drums was heard for the first time on Spanish soil .
12 ‘ Piece of cake , ’ Nails agreed as they lined up for the first time on the pool edge .
13 Proudly proclaiming that this recording contains for the first time on one CD all of Bach 's Toccatas and Fugues ( including the Prelude and Fugue in E minor BWV548 ) , it is indeed a well-stocked programme .
14 His pedigree may be long , but nevertheless here he is on piano and electronic keyboards leading his own band for the first time on disc with the driving drums of Jeff ‘ Tain ’ Watts ( also of Branford Marsalis group fame ) , Branford himself on tenor sax , Roderick Ward ( alto sax ) , Charnett Moffett , Chris McBridge , Robert Hurst or Andy Gonzales ( all alternating on bass ) , Jerry Gonzales ( percussion ) and on one track Steve Berrios and on two Don Alias ( both on drums , percussion ) .
15 It met for the first time on 25 February 1986 and includes representatives from the Departments of Transport , Environment , Employment , and Trade and Industry ; Kent County Council ; the district councils of ; elected members of Kent local authorities and Parliamentary constituencies ; Eurotunnel ; Transmanche Link ; and British Rail .
16 Susan came downstairs for the first time on Christmas Eve , and was genuinely delighted to see how pretty Breeze had made the sombre old dining-room .
17 People who hear themselves for the first time on a tape-recorder often find it hard to believe that the stranger talking is actually them .
18 One day , in Times Square , Dustin looked up and saw his face for the first time on a billboard .
19 Available for the first time on CD are Tell The Truth , Live In Person At The Whisky A Go-Go and Love Man .
20 Treasury officials will also be looking at slapping Vat for the first time on bus fares , water , domestic fuel , books and newspapers .
21 The infantry went to church in their new uniforms for the first time on 9 September , and had the singular honour , a month later , of joining their fellows in the cavalry who were escorting the funeral cortège of the late Earl of Cork ‘ in slow and decorous movement suitable to the solemnity of the occasion ’ .
22 It required absolutely no breaking in and I wore it for the first time on a nine hour Scottish hill day during the May heatwave in complete comfort .
23 Ladbrokes yesterday opened a book for the first time on the title and make Scudamore an apparently generous 4–6 shot .
24 Foxhall Stadium opens its doors for the first time on Sunday ( 2.30 pm ) with the Bangers and new formula stock cars .
25 Bell 's chief test pilot , Bob Stanley , took the first prototype XP-63 Kingcobra , 41–19511 , into the air for the first time on December 7 , 1942 , from Buffalo , New York .
26 ZeeBeeCee has gained a court order allowing access to Jessamyn Bonney 's juvenile records , stored in the central infonet of the Bruyce-Hoare Agency , and we can exclusively reveal for the first time on national television that evidence which has come to light since her 1992 parricide hearing has suggested that she was indeed guilty of the murder of her father , a crime for which she was acquitted in court on the testimony of one Andrew Jean , since deceased , a gangcult associate and known perjurer . ’
27 Michael Roberts rode six winners in a day in Britain for the first time on Saturday .
28 They all met for the first time on the show .
29 BRITAIN 'S newest narrow gauge railway opens its doors to the public for the first time on Sunday .
30 In the final game Waikato took the honours 28–24 , leafing Rugby Canada to wonder just how long it would be before they won for the first time on New Zealand soil .
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