Example sentences of "[vb -s] [noun] for the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tomorrow Barry visits Northampton for the first time since surgeons at the local hospital saved his legs from amputation . |
| 2 | It is on this trip to Moscow that Anna meets Vronsky for the first time . |
| 3 | Dave meets Andy for the first time and says ‘ Nice to meet you . ’ |
| 4 | 1989 : As CD outsells vinyl for the first time , rumours are rife about the impending arrival of a blank , recordable CD . |
| 5 | He charges £40 for the first hour and £25 thereafter — which neatly incorporates the call-out fee in the first hour . |
| 6 | This chapter certainly finds evidence for the first part of the process , a diminution in importance of the traditional large factory , not least in TNCs with many plants . |