Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] [vb past] for the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | In December , Stuttgart will host the Davis Cup final , in which the West Germans will defend the trophy they won for the first time by defeating Sweden in Gothenburg , and in the coming three years Frankfurt will stage the ATP Tour World Championship , which will supersede the Nabisco Masters in New York . |
| 2 | Then , during his three years in exile he came for the first time into close contact with the main exponents of the Gregorian ideal , and we must ask how far and in what circumstances he adopted the phraseology of the Gregorian reformers ; then , whether he adopted the theoretical structure which their favourite phrase libertas ecclesiae expressed , or adopted the phrase for use only in exceptional circumstances and for special reasons . |
| 3 | In one such mood I turned for the first time to Marcus Aurelius . |
| 4 | At that moment I realised for the first time that not a single word had been uttered on the subject since the accident happened . |
| 5 | At this point I saw for the first time , a really good reason for my being in Thailand as PCV . |
| 6 | As he hung about the Red Anchor he noticed for the first time that its character was changing . |
| 7 | As I came down into Salisbury that day I knew for the first time that I had been happy . |
| 8 | In the Ladies ' Singles , Jenny Binns is defending the title she won for the first time last year . |
| 9 | ‘ The night we kissed for the first time . |
| 10 | ‘ Old Mr Misfortune ’ found consolation for his latest failure by marrying his 17-year-old bride , on the very day they met for the first time , 2 September 1719 . |
| 11 | London , who retain the side that defeated the Midlands last weekend , are favourites to clinch the title they won for the first time last year . |
| 12 | But last night they admitted for the first time that Mr Mellor did not refer it to the then Prime Minister , Mrs Thatcher . |
| 13 | Alone in bed I wondered for the first time whether the girl had been truly dead when we threw her into the river . |
| 14 | This is a combination of the list we used for the first plan and the list used for the draft of the second plan . |
| 15 | When she heard the voice of Sam 's mother she realized for the first time that it was more than likely that her own mother would , during the course of the evening , make some reference to the dinner-party which , she had been led to believe , was taking place in Pam 's house . |
| 16 | By the time they toured for the first time , in 1985 , they seemed silly — nothing dates as fast as an advertisement . |