Example sentences of "[prep] [pos pn] [noun sg] for [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bridget looked after her son for the first eighteen months before getting a job so he recognises her as his mother , whereas it could be quite easy for a baby to start calling its grandmother " Mum " . |
| 2 | The Chinese foreign ministry said yesterday that a resumption of Sino-British dialogue depended on Mr Patten abandoning the proposals , which would allow Hong Kong people to elect a majority of their legislature for the first time in 1995. — Reuter |
| 3 | THE mothers at the centre of the hospital baby swop case talked of their anguish for the first time last night . |
| 4 | She had lain in her child 's bed and become aware of the reality of her heart for the first time as its beat quickened in response to the sparrow 's wild meanderings . |
| 5 | A woman has the right to stop work until her child is three and gets a third of her salary for the first 18 months . |
| 6 | Today he spoke of his ordeal for the first time.Shortly before midnight on Sunday he 'd checked and locked up the pub as normal . |
| 7 | But Steve Lunn 's superb solo effort four minutes from time , the best goal of the match , brought Shilton out of his dugout for the first time to summon all hands on deck . |
| 8 | Thus when the girl secretary who was to become Dostoevsky 's wife rang the bell of his flat for the first time , the door was opened by an elderly woman servant with a green shawl thrown over her shoulders . |
| 9 | His continued absence increases speculation that Arsenal 's David Seaman will step out of his shadow for the first time in 18 months against the Poles next week . |
| 10 | He had looked directly into her face for the first time and she saw his dark eyes blaze with a mixture of anger and pain . |
| 11 | Sean Dodds , for Kelly , said he was out with his girlfriend for the first time since the birth of their baby . |
| 12 | It may also have brought some families into his service for the first time , among them the Pulleys ( or Pullowes ) of Helmsley , whose head , Henry , was to be one of Richard 's yeomen after his accession . |
| 13 | It may also have brought some families into his service for the first time , among them the Pulleys ( or Pullowes ) of Helmsley , whose head , Henry , was to be one of Richard 's yeomen after his accession . |
| 14 | Now a doubt was creeping into his mind for the first time . |
| 15 | I reckon I 'd hardly surface from my bunker for the first few days . ’ |
| 16 | ARSENAL 'S rent-a-crowd will assist the team in their battle for the first Premier League title . |
| 17 | After the punchline had been delivered and the ensuing laughter had died away , the blonde swayed away from the bar and looked in their direction for the first time . |
| 18 | Each of the five Wedgwood Rooms had scored the biggest percentage sales increase in their region for the first quarter of 1992 . |
| 19 | Belinda Jones , ’ the owner of the name said simply , and waited while Dr Russell 's sister seemed to fully take in her presence for the first time . |
| 20 | Mrs Beveridge cared for Leanne 's two children in her home for the first 24 hours of the siege . |
| 21 | The completed cycle was screened in its entirety for the first time at the Venice Festival this autumn . |
| 22 | The music ranges from the familiar to the unknown — from an early opera played in its entirety for the first time to a unique performance of The Messiah where you can actually join in the singing . |
| 23 | This trailblazing series is currently on show at the National Portrait Gallery in its entirety for the first time since 1935 , together with more conventional colour portraits of John Gielgud , Vivien Leigh , the Mountbattens and Lisa Maugham , and black-and-white work from the later years . |
| 24 | This material has recently ( 1978 ) been published in its entirety for the first time , but many problems remain unsolved — or insoluble . |
| 25 | Seeing his eyes move away from her mouth for the first time since the whole affair had begun , she shook her shoulders so that her full , rounded gourds trembled like jelly . |
| 26 | Walking from the taxi to his apartment , Ross had felt the sting and throb in his face for the first time . |
| 27 | The old man , propped in his chair for the first time in over a month , laid a trembling hand on the babe 's head . |
| 28 | I was taken from the cellar in Beirut and enjoyed the warmth of the sun on my skin for the first time in a thousand days . |
| 29 | PRINCESS Diana 's two young sons are to spend Christmas Day without their mother for the first time in their lives . |
| 30 | Their enthusiastic welcome brought a smile to her face for the first time that morning . |