Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] for the first time " in BNC.
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| 31 | Domestic consumption of grain overtook production for the first time . |
| 32 | In November a Vatican delegation visited Vietnam for the first time . |
| 33 | To mark the country 's first successful bone marrow transplant involving an un-related donor , Norwegian television arranged for her to meet Janet for the first time in front of an estimated two-and-a-half million viewers . |
| 34 | When his friend Calder took an autumn break , Sole skippered Scotland for the first time , in a 38-17 win against Fiji at Murrayfield . |
| 35 | Only three other deaf men became missioners for the first time in the 1920s , although some moved from one place to another like George Mackenzie . |
| 36 | It is on this trip to Moscow that Anna meets Vronsky for the first time . |
| 37 | Meeting Sien for the first time and getting to know her was like knowing ‘ a fellow creature as lonesome and unhappy as myself ’ , no more and no less . |
| 38 | Dave meets Andy for the first time and says ‘ Nice to meet you . ’ |
| 39 | It showed a replay of Tammuz meeting Ari for the first time in the canteen . |
| 40 | This medium , meeting Tom for the first time , said Tom 's father was with them , and he had a small brown dog . |
| 41 | 1989 : As CD outsells vinyl for the first time , rumours are rife about the impending arrival of a blank , recordable CD . |
| 42 | Drink up : Euro Disney has begun to serve alcohol for the first time at four of its restaurants as it seeks to stem heavy losses from weak attendance . |
| 43 | ‘ Father Tom , ’ he said , as if he were meeting Carey for the first time for a long time . |
| 44 | RUGBY LEAGUE : The Stones Bitter Premiership final at Old Trafford on Sunday , May 17 , is to be made all-ticket for the first time . |
| 45 | I have already suggested that in speech we normally plan at the point of utterance and that is evidenced in those typical features of speech which appear so surprising and , indeed , shocking to people inspecting transcripts for the first time . |
| 46 | However , Mitterrand denied on Jan. 20 that there was any geographical limitation on French commitment to the allied force and on Jan. 24 French aircraft bombed Iraq for the first time . |
| 47 | The EHCO-KLM Kleding industrial clothing arm also set a record with profits topping £2.5m for the first time . |
| 48 | Statistics on the death penalty in the USSR have been made public for the first time since 1934 . |
| 49 | STATE school exam results tables will be made public for the first time this week in the biggest Government publishing exercise since ration books . |
| 50 | THE Queen is to visit Lockerbie for the first time since the air disaster there more than four years ago . |
| 51 | Section 1 describes how to install LIFESPAN for the first time on your VAX , |
| 52 | She started to wear trousers for the first time , dieted , and let her hair grow . |
| 53 | When ‘ Dick ’ met Wayne for the first time , Widmark said to the Duke , ‘ Tell your press agent that the name is Richard . ’ |
| 54 | Erm , I met Mr for the first time in the airport lounge at , erm er , er , Kennedy Airport erm , we discussed at great length and had a very interesting discussion erm , er , Pearsons erm , he accepted er , the job and h I , he has no obligation to me whatsoever and he is one of the er , members of the er , remuneration committee , and I actually take offence at what you 're saying . |
| 55 | Even though you 've got funding for the first time for this I do n't want to spend an awful lot on materials . |
| 56 | I HAVE JUST bought Esquire for the first time . |
| 57 | I meet Perry for the first time at the Starry Arms in Kentish Town . |
| 58 | When Chris Lewis replaced Malcolm , ball dominated bat for the first time in the match , with nothing to show for it . |
| 59 | The French authorities did something to safeguard communal property among their Moslem subjects in Algeria , even though Napoleon III ( in the Senatus-Consulte of 1863 ) found it inconceivable that individual property rights in land should not be established formally among the members of Moslem communities ‘ where possible and opportune ’ , a measure which actually had the effect of permitting Europeans for the first time to buy them out . |
| 60 | but it falls down in front of the unexpected , when you actually do see things for the first time . |