Example sentences of "[vb past] [art] [noun pl] for the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was not consulted about membership of the Group , and with the exception of Dr Charles Suckling , a member of the Kingman Committee , I met the members for the first time when we assembled in London for our opening working session . |
| 2 | On Monday , the managing director , Jacques Calvet , met the unions for the first time but said there could be no discussion of pay until production was resumed . |
| 3 | Launched by the Princess of Wales in 1988 , the hospice entered the Awards for the first time using its 1990 accounts which covered its first operational year with a full complement of staff . |
| 4 | Nissan sponsored the championships for the first time as part of its community relations work . |
| 5 | Then , using our equations , we predicted the prices for the first four sales of the year 1991 : Sotheby 's 8 January and 18 February 1991 , Christie 's 9 January and 16 April 1991 . |
| 6 | The icy missiles bombarded the runners for the first two miles , and when the aerial attack subsided Johnson pulled away at the head of the field , and only Steve Webb , of Blaydon Harriers , responded to the quickening pace . |
| 7 | Hilary particularly remembers ‘ … the mesmeric Senta , whose teaching was so brilliant that Rata Quick and I both achieved the splits for the first and last time in our lives , with no untoward effects ! ’ . |
| 8 | Their hard-nosed ‘ method ’ rugby and its ultimate reward when they blitzed the Springboks for the first two-thirds of the test at Ellis Park to build an unassailable 20–3 lead . |
| 9 | Two colonels and three US advisers , one of them military , attended the talks for the first time . |
| 10 | The Kurdish delegation was led by Masoud Barzani , leader of the Democratic Party of Kurdistan ( DPK ) , who attended the talks for the first time . |
| 11 | Captain Awud then presented the candidates for the first committee — as it happened , the development committee . |
| 12 | I held my breath as the announcer introduced the players for the first match . |