Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun prp] [prep] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Angie Bowie : I actually met David for the first time when he was with feathers at the Roundhouse and I was with the European head of Mercury Records , a gentleman called Lou Reisner .
2 BHUTAN : AI visited Bhutan for the first time in January at the invitation of King Jigme Wangchuck .
3 A year later Moore captained England for the first time , against Czechoslovakia .
4 Barthelsson was over the line at the start , put in his 720° turn and still beat Österlund to the first mark , a lead which he held until the end .
5 They will also be showered with gifts like top-of-the-range Mercedes cars and luxury apartments if they can spring a World Cup upset and beat England for the first time .
6 Computer Reseller News and its vendor sources say Intel , which already bumped Pentium into the first quarter , will be delaying it until late next year because of those heat dissipation and manufacturing problems we told you about ( UX No 410 ) .
7 In November Nelson Mandela , deputy president of the African National Congress , visited Swaziland for the first time since his February release .
8 The 24-year-old Bromborough plus one man moves in at the expense of Royal Liverpool 's Ian Farrall , who is the only one out of the team which beat Cumbria in the first league match at Seascale .
9 In mid-November a United States congressional delegation visited China for the first time since the massacre .
10 Nguyen Van Linh , the former general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam ( CPV ) , visited China during the first half of May .
11 Honest , lovey , ’ the dresser said as she helped Constance into the first dress .
12 As it happened , Walter Kamm almost dismissed Joyce after the first audition .
13 In November a Vatican delegation visited Vietnam for the first time .
14 When his friend Calder took an autumn break , Sole skippered Scotland for the first time , in a 38-17 win against Fiji at Murrayfield .
15 ‘ I 'm afraid this tunic is a little on the tight side , ’ she told Marianne at the first fitting of her costume , after tugging ineffectually at the zip on the shimmery silver material .
16 He became increasingly concerned that the monarchical regime of Kaiser Wilhelm II , which committed Germany to the First World War , was over-dominated by military and bureaucratic interests at the expense of the national interest .
17 However , Mitterrand denied on Jan. 20 that there was any geographical limitation on French commitment to the allied force and on Jan. 24 French aircraft bombed Iraq for the first time .
18 ‘ They played Ards on the first day of the season and wiped the floor with us in a 3–0 win .
19 ‘ I told Cadogan after the first hour .
20 It was Mr Duggan 's vision that secured Eurovision in the first place for Millstreet , against the odds .
21 When ‘ Dick ’ met Wayne for the first time , Widmark said to the Duke , ‘ Tell your press agent that the name is Richard . ’
22 Erm , I met Mr for the first time in the airport lounge at , erm er , er , Kennedy Airport erm , we discussed at great length and had a very interesting discussion erm , er , Pearsons erm , he accepted er , the job and h I , he has no obligation to me whatsoever and he is one of the er , members of the er , remuneration committee , and I actually take offence at what you 're saying .
23 Berry dismisses criticism of climbs of this kind , made recently by Reinhiold Messner among others : ‘ It 's all very well for him to say this kind of thing , but when he climbed Everest for the first time without oxygen and on other occasions , he was quite happy to make use of heavyweight-style expeditions .
24 Goal machine Martin McGaughey , even deadlier than Cowan at his Linfield peak , had a chance to decide for himself when he faced Smith for the first time last week .
25 Commenting on its figures ( see page five ) , Eschborn , Germany-based Linotype AG says its 1992 domestic orders fell by 6% but the company enjoyed solid gains in key foreign markets , with the US up 18% , Japan up 24% and the Middle and Far East showing gains of between 15% and 49% ; the US market surpassed Germany for the first time , and exports at the computerised printing systems and equipment company accounted for 72.1% of overall business in 1992 after 69.1% a year earlier .
26 ‘ And do n't forget , you were the one who contacted Mike in the first place .
27 ‘ We 've learned a lot since Belfast , ’ said Liubinskas who spent a year as assistant manager of AC Milan , favourites to win the European Cup with a victory over Marseille , the multi-talented French side which eliminated Glentoran in the first round .
28 When I saw Jekub for the first time I thought , OK , this is what he used . ’
29 I saw Begampur for the first time on a hot evening in early May .
30 Oliver , set-faced , assisted Angelina into the first victoria that returned .
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