Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] up for the first " in BNC.

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1 Maloney said : ‘ If we have to fight Tucker we will , but I 've got Alex Stewart lined up for the first defence . ’
2 At his first school , Stockwell Junior School , David dressed up for the first time in a school nativity play .
3 Outside his ears picked up for the first time the rustling of invisible leaves and the rattle of window-frames : the wind was rising .
4 Late in March Mahmoud showed up for the first time since the Yanks had moved out .
5 And as the bridal couple stood up for the first dance , she felt the enormous gulf between their obvious carefree happiness and her present misery .
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