Example sentences of "[noun prp] for the first time [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dave meets Andy for the first time and says ‘ Nice to meet you . ’ |
| 2 | Talks took place between China and Taiwan for the first time since the Communists took control of China in 1949 and the former Nationalist government fled to Taiwan . |
| 3 | On Saturday I sat there watching his team lose at home to Chelsea and listening to an Australian Evertonian who was back at Goodison for the first time since he emigrated in 1985 . |
| 4 | If you were to fly to Athens for the first time and take a taxi to an address in the city , you would be unable to assess whether the route was circuitous , or the baggage charge was normal . |
| 5 | Hard work by the ground staff enabled play to begin on Friday afternoon , whereupon Richards , leading West Indies for the first time because of Lloyd 's injury , gleefully put England in . |
| 6 | Blackburn boss Dalglish faced the nostalgia head-on as he prepared to lead out the opposition against Liverpool for the first time since his astonishing walk-out 20 months ago . |
| 7 | He looked at McAllister for the first time since she had begun to help him , and saw her strained white face , the eyes enormous in it . |
| 8 | In 1348 the bubonic plague , known as the Black Death , struck Europe for the first time and , in conditions of poor sanitation , famine and undernourishment , made rapid progress . |
| 9 | American B-Fifty Two bombers have returned to Britain for the first time since the Gulf War . |
| 10 | Even that incomplete list of achievements takes on special significance when people encounter Nadia for the first time and learn how a genetic abnormality meant she was born with only one finger on each hand . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Tomorrow Barry visits Northampton for the first time since surgeons at the local hospital saved his legs from amputation . |
| 14 | The board meets on Thursday for the first time since the row began and Mr Hussey , Mr Birt and Lord Barnett will be asked to explain the situation . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Last weekend they won the HDM tournament in The Hague for the first time while Karen Brown , Mary Nevill , Sandy Lister and Tracy Fry were engaged on outdoor commitments . |
| 17 | Meanwhile , three-times world champion Ayrton Senna drove an IndyCar for the first time but is unlikely to follow in Nigel Mansell 's footsteps . |
| 18 | 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 ’ . |
| 19 | 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 ’ . |
| 20 | Again , he was teaching in London for the first time although he had taught before : |
| 21 | But I got to write songs with Dave Anderson and Rab Handleigh for the first time and the reggae ‘ Interference song ’ which Terry Neason sang was a thrill for me as I 'd always wanted to write something for her absolutely amazing voice . |
| 22 | THE Queen is to visit Lockerbie for the first time since the air disaster there more than four years ago . |
| 23 | Moments earlier 18-year-old Fisher came face to face with victim Mary Jo Buttafuoco for the first time since the doorstep shooting . |
| 24 | I was very nervous when I went to meet Mr Wogan for the first time but the gentleman who drove the big car to the show was very nice and friendly . |