Example sentences of "in [pron] [noun] for the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | ARSENAL 'S rent-a-crowd will assist the team in their battle for the first Premier League title . |
| 2 | After the punchline had been delivered and the ensuing laughter had died away , the blonde swayed away from the bar and looked in their direction for the first time . |
| 3 | The audience were in their seats for the first of the two evening performances . |
| 4 | Each of the five Wedgwood Rooms had scored the biggest percentage sales increase in their region for the first quarter of 1992 . |
| 5 | Belinda Jones , ’ the owner of the name said simply , and waited while Dr Russell 's sister seemed to fully take in her presence for the first time . |
| 6 | Mrs Beveridge cared for Leanne 's two children in her home for the first 24 hours of the siege . |
| 7 | She made her way to the second floor , her frown deepening as she looked about her , properly taking in her surroundings for the first time . |
| 8 | The completed cycle was screened in its entirety for the first time at the Venice Festival this autumn . |
| 9 | The music ranges from the familiar to the unknown — from an early opera played in its entirety for the first time to a unique performance of The Messiah where you can actually join in the singing . |
| 10 | This trailblazing series is currently on show at the National Portrait Gallery in its entirety for the first time since 1935 , together with more conventional colour portraits of John Gielgud , Vivien Leigh , the Mountbattens and Lisa Maugham , and black-and-white work from the later years . |
| 11 | This material has recently ( 1978 ) been published in its entirety for the first time , but many problems remain unsolved — or insoluble . |
| 12 | Sir Peter Holmes , Shell 's chairman who admitted that he was ‘ astonished ’ to discover that the irregularities had occurred through an associate company failing to follow strict rules against speculative dealing , said that he expected any further exposure to be limited to a £65 million charge which the company would take in its accounts for the first quarter of 1993 . |
| 13 | Walking from the taxi to his apartment , Ross had felt the sting and throb in his face for the first time . |
| 14 | The old man , propped in his chair for the first time in over a month , laid a trembling hand on the babe 's head . |