Example sentences of "to [noun prp] for the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is an old-fashioned quality to these performances which leaves me wishing for something just a little less well-upholstered , although I can imagine anyone coming to Bach for the first time with this recording could well come away with the impression that old LEAVES is quite simply the ‘ bizz ’ , and I for one would not wish to argue with that ! |
| 2 | He returned to Syria for the first time in July 1992 to attend the funeral of his mother . |
| 3 | It began in April 1820 , when we came to Haworth for the first time … |
| 4 | As well as being profitable and actually paying a dividend back to Detroit for the first time in years , Vauxhall is an important part of the GM empire for political reasons . |
| 5 | But winning the first three of the five-match one-day series has supplied a crucial tonic at a time when TV pictures were being screened back live to Pakistan for the first time . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The son came to England for the first time in 1922 as a Rhodes scholar . |
| 8 | Many Irish women , including myself , who had come to England for the first time were truly shocked by the levels of anti-Irish racism directed at us . |
| 9 | The England captain is a level-headed man , and Javed Mianded , who turns 35 on June 12 , is a much matured person with the added responsibility of leading his team to England for the first time , although he has captained Pakistan in 28 previous Tests , winning 11 and losing five , the rest being drawn . |
| 10 | The plan is that none of these people will be able to purchase any of the seven thousand tickets available to England for the first round matches . |
| 11 | The Kawasakis of Alan Irwin , Ian Simpson and Jim Moodie must also come into the equation , together with the Yamahas of Rymer , Johnny Rea and Alan Patterson , who is making the step up to Superbike for the first time . |
| 12 | When a child comes to Cizek for the first time , Cizek gives him materials , and the child draws what he likes . |
| 13 | A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman on Oct. 10 rejected a proposal made by the Dalai Lama in a speech in the USA on Oct. 9 to return to Tibet for the first time since 1959 , and demanded that he abandon his support for Tibetan independence . |
| 14 | It was rather like when he had gone to Paris for the first time when he was eighteen . |
| 15 | His frankly delighted countenance spurred her on to effort : ‘ I myself , ’ she heard herself saying , ‘ am very much looking forward to going to Japan for the first time . |
| 16 | It shows Picasso 's response to World War II , ‘ The charnel house ’ of 1945 , lent by MoMA to Europe for the first time . |
| 17 | Former President Goukouni Oueddei returned to Chad for the first time in nine years on May 18-19 , meeting with President Idriss Déby and reportedly discussing the proposals for a multiparty system due to be introduced in January 1992 . |
| 18 | But what is it like to face Immigration Officers when you come to Britain for the first time , not knowing the language , uncertain about the future ? |
| 19 | ‘ There was nothing confidential about it : it was a bright idea some Americans had for setting up training courses — that sort of thing — for their businessmen and other people coming over to Britain for the first time . |
| 20 | American B-Fifty Two bombers have returned to Britain for the first time since the Gulf War . |
| 21 | Celtic 's defeat of Inter Milan in nineteen sixty seven brought the European cup to Britain for the first time . |
| 22 | Thus when they flew up to Balmoral for the first time after his birth , the entire family travelled together , despite the merchants of doom who insisted they should never fly together in the same plane lest it crash and kill both heir and second-in-line to the throne . |
| 23 | The duke 's London residence was Essex House , the property of his brother-in-law , Robert Devereux , third Earl of Essex [ q.v. ] , another of Rose 's employers , who encouraged him to the extent of sending him to France for the first time , probably early in the 1640s . |
| 24 | It was brought home to Charles for the first time how much of a strain the last weeks must have been for a girl of her age . |
| 25 | Johannsen accompanied Linfield to Tbilisi for the first leg game in Georgia , and like everyone else was unaware of the cash offer to the Turkish officials . |
| 26 | Johannsen accompanied Linfield to Tbilisi for the first leg game in Georgia , and like everyone else was unaware of the cash offer to the Turkish officials . |
| 27 | But they always rushed back to London for the first night of every West End show . |
| 28 | Varese as well as Ives , and an Elliott Carter premiere — not much feminine sensibility there , though it all made for a classic Oliver Knussen pile-up of Americana , topped out with a violin concerto by Marc Neikrug that Pinchas Zukerman had brought to London for the first time . |
| 29 | This is one of three drawings of Lopokova by Picasso , the latter having come to London for the first time to work on designs and sets for Massine 's Le Tricorne , writes Joanna Gibbon . |
| 30 | I remember that , a few years later , when I took Richard to London for the first time , we experienced a very heavy raid . |