Example sentences of "to [noun] [noun prp] for the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wilkinson conceded that odds against the title going to Elland Road for the first time in 18 years have ‘ lengthened considerably ’ but he refused to throw in the towel . |
| 2 | Mr Alfred Nzo , general secretary of the ANC , said yesterday that he spoke to Mr Mandela for the first time in 26 years . |
| 3 | ‘ Must be proud of Hank and Boyd , ’ said the reporter pausing on his way to the front door to speak to Mrs Stych for the first time . |
| 4 | It was after one of those shows that I introduced Mick Jones to Joe Strummer for the first time . |
| 5 | system which will be used to introduce Package Dyeing to Douglas Reyburn for the first time . |
| 6 | In March 1992 I returned to New Zealand for the first time in over a dozen years , to sample again what light aviation there has to offer visitors . |
| 7 | BORIS YELTSIN , maverick and volleyball enthusiast , is the only plausible rival to Mikhail Gorbachev for the first freely elected president of the Soviet Union . |
| 8 | The new synthetic pitch at the Jordanstown campus has attracted the prestigious tournament to Northern Ireland for the first time in over a decade , and the impressive facilities at the campus will be used together with the new pitch at Valley Leisure Centre . |