Example sentences of "they met for the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Old Mr Misfortune ’ found consolation for his latest failure by marrying his 17-year-old bride , on the very day they met for the first time , 2 September 1719 . |
| 2 | They met for the first time at the weekend as their two-week-old girls were swopped and handed back to the right mothers . |
| 3 | They met for the first time on May 13th 1794 , a date which had been specified in the statute . |
| 4 | They met for the first time at the Liverpool Adult Deaf and Dumb Society in Princes Avenue on the 25 April 1890 . |
| 5 | Paul 's touching letters stood out and they met for the first time shortly before he was posted to the former Yugoslavia . |