Example sentences of "their [noun sg] for the first [noun] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 The only thing these artists have in common is their gallery of origin the Bachelier-Cardonsky of Kent , Connecticut , USA which has sent their work for the first time ever to Paris where it can be seen at Gianna Sistu for a month .
3 The welcome 's over … the introductions have been made … today it 's been down to work for Oxford United 's new manager Denis Smith and his assistant Malcolm Crosby … their plan for the first game
4 The Chinese foreign ministry said yesterday that a resumption of Sino-British dialogue depended on Mr Patten abandoning the proposals , which would allow Hong Kong people to elect a majority of their legislature for the first time in 1995. — Reuter
5 In fact , there is no further mention of the chapel in the Minute Books of their Meetings for nearly three centuries , and much later they were to claim that they did not know about it until it was brought to their attention for the first time in 1846 .
6 THE mothers at the centre of the hospital baby swop case talked of their anguish for the first time last night .
7 Indeed , none of the candidates sitting their referral for the first time passed .
8 PRINCESS Diana 's two young sons are to spend Christmas Day without their mother for the first time in their lives .
9 Each of the five Wedgwood Rooms had scored the biggest percentage sales increase in their region for the first quarter of 1992 .
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