Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [verb] for the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Again , it was with the help of Phil Andrews , who was No.1 on Venturous at that time , with Bob Wellock , an ex air/sea RAF coxswain from Liverpool Customs in command whom I was meeting for the first time . |
| 2 | I was abused for the first time at three years old . |
| 3 | ‘ I was asked for the first time last week what I 'd do if we got into the Premier League . |
| 4 | In a way I was happy : I had achieved something , I was winning for the first time in my life , and I had a strong sense of myself as a differentiated individual . |
| 5 | She studied it carefully as though it were some unfamiliar object she was seeing for the first time . |
| 6 | It was n't only the bride , but the bride 's family she was to meet for the first time . |
| 7 | ‘ My name 's Stirling , ’ he said , almost as though we were meeting for the first time outside his Club in London . |
| 8 | It was attended for the first time by observers from China and France , neither of which was a signatory of the treaty . |
| 9 | When a dispute arose under the contract , it was discovered for the first time that the copy returned by B had a number of terms printed on the back , in German , including a clause conferring jurisdiction in relation to disputes under the contract on the German courts . |
| 10 | It was certified for the first time in 1986 . |
| 11 | Moreover it was becoming for the first time , as a result of Peter 's administrative reforms , an institution concerned solely with diplomacy . |
| 12 | I knew then that what I was telling him he was hearing for the first time . |
| 13 | In December 1954 he was ridden for the first time by the reigning champion jockey Dick Francis : after the race Francis told Cazalet that he would like to ride Devon Loch one day in the Grand National … |
| 14 | He was chosen for the first match but had to drop out with food poisoning . |