Example sentences of "for the first time [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jean Cocteau , Peggy Guggenheim tells us in her autobiography Confessions of an Art Addict , received her for the first time comfortably horizontal between the sheets , smoking opium . |
| 2 | For the first time both sets of fines were imposed for infringements of EC competition rules as laid down in Arts 85 and 86 of the Treaty of Rome . |
| 3 | ‘ I am particularly excited about the opportunities that it will provide for opening up for the first time higher educational facilities in the area . |
| 4 | Young people striking out on their own for the first time frequently do not have transport and colleges or universities are not always situated in city centres . |
| 5 | This poor soul , pallid and puffy on his bed after desperate vomiting , sick and quiet and unregarded ever since , spent and ulcered mind and spirit by what he had so mistakenly undertaken , Jerome was for the first time wholly pitiful . |
| 6 | We can not win the Ryder Cup , the Curtis Cup , the Walker Cup in the United States for the first time again . |
| 7 | We can not have a Briton winning the US Masters for the first time again , nor a Briton putting the green jacket on yet another Briton for the first time again . |
| 8 | We can not have a Briton winning the US Masters for the first time again , nor a Briton putting the green jacket on yet another Briton for the first time again . |
| 9 | Ripley 's failure was part of a team malfunction that left Blackburn beaten for the first time away from home in the League . |
| 10 | Ridge rovers arriving in South Wales for the first time probably have firm plans to tackle the splendid routes in the Black Mountains and , of course , the classic escarpment topped by Pen y Fan in the Brecon Beacons . |
| 11 | Equally uncertain is the length of his stay in Egypt : Ibn Hajar , followed by Taskopruzade , says only that " he returned to Rum and was appointed kadi of Bursa " , which post , as will be shown below , he held for the first time probably from about 795/1392–3 to about 805/1402–3 . |
| 12 | Here is the music for the first time today . |
| 13 | Through this lucrative arrangement the club will receive £500 over the next ten years and the donation of a new team strip , on show for the first time today . |
| 14 | A new name soon to be engraved in the swindon town hall of fame is centre-half Adrian Whitbread … a five hundred thousand pound signing from Orient Adrian was on the County Ground pitch for the first time today to line-up with his new team mates for the annual pre season picture … and as you 'd expect it was all smiles |
| 15 | In the city the FT one hundred shares index broke through the three thousand barrier for the first time today after hopes of an early cut in interest rates . |
| 16 | Andy Mutch has been trying his new kit on for the first time today . |
| 17 | Also representing Scotland for the first time today will be the Ferguslie all-rounder , Stuart Kennedy , who follows in the footsteps of brother , Iain , who was capped six times . |
| 18 | She came across for the first time today , I was out egg yard getting some eggs |
| 19 | Oxford and Cambridge came face to face for the first time today when the scales were set for the official weigh-in . |
| 20 | Paul 's touching letters stood out and they met for the first time shortly before he was posted to the former Yugoslavia . |
| 21 | I looked for the first time straight into his moonlit eyes , and I saw Perkin the son , the husband , the one who worked with wood . |
| 22 | Not to be outdone … the man who created thunderbirds is performing his own one man show … explaining with the help of Lady Penelope 's nine foot long Pink Rolls Royce … and the original puppets who were brought to life for the first time over twenty five years ago . |
| 23 | Young people away from home for the first time also have to find the resources within themselves to create a pattern of living . |
| 24 | While finance director Henry Elstone said that the company grew by approximately 6.5% organically , the figures for the first time also include a full year 's contribution from ESD Distribution Ltd , which Farnell acquired in July 1991 for £61m . |
| 25 | One should visit Italy for the first time either alone or with a lover , she decided . |
| 26 | There are many who have already started to vote , or will be doing so for the first time soon , with no first-hand experience of what Labour governments were like . |
| 27 | GAELIC , Doric and English will come together theatrically for the first time later this month , when tri-lingual theatre makes its debut at Broadford , Skye . |
| 28 | GAELIC , Doric and English will come together theatrically for the first time later this month , when tri-lingual theatre makes its debut at Broadford , Skye . |
| 29 | Before Christmas many of the shops had to open on Sundays for the first time just to try to make up for the terrible year . |
| 30 | We met for the first time just two days before departure and accepted a murderous schedule of four games in 10 days , before opening against the New Zealand provincial champions just two days after a 25 hour journey to Dunedin . |