Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [noun pl] for the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have a couple of mates who are Forest fans , and I got them tickets for the first game of the season . |
| 2 | It 'd be easier if we met my troops for the first time at the concert , ’ he said . |
| 3 | She noticed his teeth for the first time : small and irregular , like pieces of gravel on a driveway , but sparkling white . |
| 4 | Even with such a drastic cut , we estimated our losses for the first year as being in the region of £148,000 . |
| 5 | When the Reading Room opened its doors for the first time in the city of St Louis , Missouri , it became the world 's first literary brothel . |
| 6 | Most Bangladeshi mothers breastfed their babies for the first few weeks , switching to either combination or bottle feeding after this period . |
| 7 | On 25th May , while the German army raced ruthlessly across Belgium and the inhabitants of England watched their skies for the first signs of airborne invasion , the scientists in the Oxford Pathology Department performed a crucial experiment . |
| 8 | Meanwhile I saw her breasts for the first time . |
| 9 | ENGLAND 'S Colts emulated their seniors for the first time in three seasons at the Parc de Pugh in Brecon by toppling the Welsh Youth in no uncertain fashion . |
| 10 | After that I do n't remember very much , except that in our ecstasy the fatal word ‘ love ’ passed our lips for the first time . |
| 11 | I washed my billycans for the first time since Reggane , and cleaned the kit and groundsheet with disinfectant . |