Share-cropping made it possible for blacks to work the land for themselves for the first time in their lives.

VOA: special.2010.02.04

For the first time in her life, Sarah left the area along the Mississippi River where she was born.

VOA: special.2010.03.28

He made his own breakfast for the first time in many years, he was still angry with his father.

VOA: special.2009.03.07

Professor Aicher explains that many composers have exciting premieres, where their music is played in public for the first time.

VOA: special.2010.07.12

The United States had sent an astronaut of its own into space for the first time in nineteen sixty-one.

VOA: special.2009.07.08

Fewer than one hundred thousand American troops are in Iraq for the first time since the invasion seven years ago next week.

VOA: special.2010.03.13

For the first time, General Motors has announced higher sales in China, the world's largest car market, than in the United States.

VOA: special.2010.07.09

One critic calls it the first television show in a long time that is just plain fun.

VOA: special.2010.01.08

And French President Nicholas Sarkozy has decided to return France to NATO's military command for the first time in more than forty years.

VOA: special.2009.04.04

After 7 years of preparations, the Summer Olympic Games were held in China for the first time.

VOA: special.2009.01.03

For the first time in his married life, Mr. Mindon felt as important as his wife Millicent.

VOA: special.2009.01.31

For the first time in eighteen years, the Democratic Party won control of the House of Representatives.

VOA: special.2010.03.04

For the first time in his married life, Mister Mindon felt as important as his wife Millicent.

VOA: special.2010.05.29

For example,"The One Man Village" will be shown in the United States for the first time.

VOA: special.2009.03.11