Example sentences of "[verb] [noun prp] for the first time " in BNC.

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1 Angie Bowie : I actually met David for the first time when he was with feathers at the Roundhouse and I was with the European head of Mercury Records , a gentleman called Lou Reisner .
2 BHUTAN : AI visited Bhutan for the first time in January at the invitation of King Jigme Wangchuck .
3 A year later Moore captained England for the first time , against Czechoslovakia .
4 They will also be showered with gifts like top-of-the-range Mercedes cars and luxury apartments if they can spring a World Cup upset and beat England for the first time .
5 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 .
6 Some of the singers knew their place in that production — almost miraculously , Gergiev had coaxed Sergei Leiferkus away from a couple of London Fiery Angels to sing Tomsky for old times ' sake — but one of Gergiev 's protégés , Gegam Gregorian , was tackling Hermann for the first time , and Maria Guleghina had flown in for Lisa .
7 In November Nelson Mandela , deputy president of the African National Congress , visited Swaziland for the first time since his February release .
8 In mid-November a United States congressional delegation visited China for the first time since the massacre .
9 Even that incomplete list of achievements takes on special significance when people encounter Nadia for the first time and learn how a genetic abnormality meant she was born with only one finger on each hand .
10 Tomorrow Barry visits Northampton for the first time since surgeons at the local hospital saved his legs from amputation .
11 In November a Vatican delegation visited Vietnam for the first time .
12 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 .
13 When his friend Calder took an autumn break , Sole skippered Scotland for the first time , in a 38-17 win against Fiji at Murrayfield .
14 It is on this trip to Moscow that Anna meets Vronsky for the first time .
15 Dave meets Andy for the first time and says ‘ Nice to meet you . ’
16 It showed a replay of Tammuz meeting Ari for the first time in the canteen .
17 This medium , meeting Tom for the first time , said Tom 's father was with them , and he had a small brown dog .
18 ‘ Father Tom , ’ he said , as if he were meeting Carey for the first time for a long time .
19 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 .
20 THE Queen is to visit Lockerbie for the first time since the air disaster there more than four years ago .
21 When ‘ Dick ’ met Wayne for the first time , Widmark said to the Duke , ‘ Tell your press agent that the name is Richard . ’
22 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 .
23 I meet Perry for the first time at the Starry Arms in Kentish Town .
24 Berry dismisses criticism of climbs of this kind , made recently by Reinhiold Messner among others : ‘ It 's all very well for him to say this kind of thing , but when he climbed Everest for the first time without oxygen and on other occasions , he was quite happy to make use of heavyweight-style expeditions .
25 She left shortly , having surprised Dinah for the first time in her life ; and there were to be more surprises .
26 Goal machine Martin McGaughey , even deadlier than Cowan at his Linfield peak , had a chance to decide for himself when he faced Smith for the first time last week .
27 Commenting on its figures ( see page five ) , Eschborn , Germany-based Linotype AG says its 1992 domestic orders fell by 6% but the company enjoyed solid gains in key foreign markets , with the US up 18% , Japan up 24% and the Middle and Far East showing gains of between 15% and 49% ; the US market surpassed Germany for the first time , and exports at the computerised printing systems and equipment company accounted for 72.1% of overall business in 1992 after 69.1% a year earlier .
28 The countryside , here called Wessex for the first time , village community life , the joyousness of seasonal festivities , the importance of music — all familiar from Under the Greenwood Tree — are integrated into a more complex story than any Hardy had yet attempted .
29 Where did Karen meet Drew for the first time ?
30 For his summer holiday he went with Henry Legerton to Positano , seeing Italy for the first time , and sent a card to Hanns : ‘ We have lounged like lizards .
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