Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun prp] for the first time " in BNC.
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| 31 | On Charles 's 40th birthday in November , Diana confronts Camilla Parker Bowles for the first time in what ultimately turns into a heated row over her close friendship with the Prince . |
| 32 | John Major will meet Bill Clinton for the first time tomorrow . |
| 33 | Bates back at Roland Garros for the first time in three years opens his challenge against Ctislav Dosedel of the Czech Republic , a player ranked nine places lower on the world computer at 111 . |
| 34 | As Doohan built up a lead of almost seven seconds , Rainey settled for second place on his Yamaha , 12 seconds clear of third-placed Daryl Beattie , of Australia , riding a Rothmans Honda for the first time as a replacement for the injured Wayne Gardner . |
| 35 | With the appearance of his novel Vainglory in 1915 he styled himself Ronald Firbank for the first time , signalling the emergence of the mature writer . |
| 36 | On May Day 1983 , a number of trade union federations held congresses openly in San Salvador for the first time since 1980 . |
| 37 | On this day : the Kingdom of Serbs , Croats and Slovenes was renamed Yugoslavia , 1929 ; the first British atomic device was exploded in the Monte Bello islands in the Pacific , 1952 ; the Bolshoi Ballet appeared at Covent Garden for the first time , 1956 . |
| 38 | I turned and saw Dorian Gray for the first time . |
| 39 | The summer of 1984 was a glorious one , the West Indian team was one of their strongest and had just beaten Australia 3–0 ; the England team , with some of the top players banned after going to South Africa , was one of their most ordinary and had just lost series to Pakistan and New Zealand for the first time , and it was all rather one-sided . |
| 40 | In March 1992 I returned to New Zealand for the first time in over a dozen years , to sample again what light aviation there has to offer visitors . |
| 41 | Since Hick 's elevation to the Test team we 've seen England share the most successful series against West Indies in the last nine , win a series against New Zealand for the first time in four attempts , win a Test match against Pakistan for the first time in 10 years , and , for good measure , reach the World Cup final . |
| 42 | Two rare kakapo chicks have been hatched in captivity in New Zealand for the first time . |
| 43 | THE St Petersburg National Opera ( the ‘ National ’ ) , Chaliapin 's company , is in New York for the first time . |
| 44 | The Kitchens are in New York for the first time , because last August , A&M America heard their just-completed second album and bought it on the spot . |
| 45 | The ride down Northern Boulevard from La Guardia airport to the Queensboro bridge may not be the best way to see New York for the first time although Maxim caught glimpses of its towers jolting towards them over the grey horizon . |
| 46 | But does anybody see New York for the first time these days ? |
| 47 | They may feel New York for the first time because its fast-dealing busyness is something the screen does n't catch and may smell it for the first time if they come in high summer but one of the great first sights of the world is gone for ever . |
| 48 | system which will be used to introduce Package Dyeing to Douglas Reyburn for the first time . |
| 49 | On his brief visit to Cambodia he met Dith Pran for the first time , but his longest stretch was from the beginning of January 1975 until the fall of Phnom Penh in April of that year . |
| 50 | Stephanie and I had married eight years ago , only four weeks after meeting in Los Angeles for the first time . |
| 51 | With a touch of paint , the ex-lifeboat The Guy and Clare Hunter — it was named after two of its most generous benefactors — took to the high seas of Belfast Lough for the first time this summer . |
| 52 | The new synthetic pitch at the Jordanstown campus has attracted the prestigious tournament to Northern Ireland for the first time in over a decade , and the impressive facilities at the campus will be used together with the new pitch at Valley Leisure Centre . |
| 53 | A nine-year-old , he is the ideal age and will be ridden by Hywel Davies for the first time since they won the 1989 Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup . |
| 54 | I remember when I say John Bellany for the first time and he said , ‘ All that matters at the end of the day is the work ’ . |
| 55 | I remember when I say John Bellany for the first time and he said , ‘ All that matters at the end of the day is the work ’ . |