Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] [noun] for the first " in BNC.

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1 Liliane and Michel Durand-Dessert are exhibiting works by Luciano Fabro , many of them on show for the first time .
2 A break of 83 put him in front for the first time adding a 70 clearance in the sixth after Wattana led 58-0 .
3 The duke 's London residence was Essex House , the property of his brother-in-law , Robert Devereux , third Earl of Essex [ q.v. ] , another of Rose 's employers , who encouraged him to the extent of sending him to France for the first time , probably early in the 1640s .
4 True , it might be a genuine enquiry , but it could be Nigel Steen relating him to Jacqui for the first time .
5 Unaware that she had called him by name for the first time , she halted , still some feet away , gazing at him uncertainly .
6 Horse and Jockey AC match secretary Mick Dryers had an unusual Sunday morning — he spent it at home for the first time in two years .
7 ‘ Thought about nothing but cars for the first twenty-five years of his life , now he thinks about nothing but polo .
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