Example sentences of "['s] [noun sg] for the first " in BNC.
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1 | Two years ago , he took charge of the Elliott Sports Jets side who won the women 's trophy for the first time and , on Sunday , he will be plotting the downfall of Su Ragazzi in the men 's final . |
2 | Then she discarded that , too , and left Corrie 's side for the first time to join in with the other children . |
3 | Defender Tony Mowbray could return to Celtic 's side for the first time in ten weeks and silence speculation that manager Liam Brady is willing to sell the player . |
4 | Then , fortified by a visit to the ‘ Manet and the Post-Impressionists ’ exhibition at the Grafton Galleries ( 1910 ) , where he saw Cézanne 's work for the first time , Bomberg entered the Slade School of Art in London with the aid of a much-needed loan from the Jewish Education Aid Society . |
5 | A new director , responsible for a large section of the company 's business for the first time , was not in a particularly enviable position ; there were men equally as bright and considerably younger , poised ready to pull the mat from under him as soon as they saw an opportunity ; Hank could be their chance . |
6 | FRANK BUNCE , an outstanding World Cup centre for Western Samoa last October , is one of three new caps in New Zealand 's team for the first of three centennial season Tests in a week against a World XV , writes John Mason . |
7 | Scholfield teamed up with Georgie 's Caper for the first time to win the Restricted ( Div 2 ) and then took the Open unchallenged on Confused Express . |
8 | This is shown after the two men come across Curley 's wife for the first time , and also Curley himself . |
9 | So imagine the confused looks on the faces of viewers in America , where the PBS network has just started to show the Yorkshire Dale 's soap for the first time . |
10 | They are on CAP 's agenda for the first time , but only as a footnote , as part of a number of so-called ’ additional measures ’ still to be settled . |
11 | The curtain went up on Charley 's Aunt for the first time at the Theatre Royal . |
12 | BRADFORD and former Middlesbrough rider Gary Havelock has been chosen as England 's captain for the first Test of the new season against Australia . |
13 | Nicandra waited breathless for " Come in " to sound , before running to Maman 's bed for the first kiss of the day . |
14 | And he notices his lover 's leg for the first time since the last time . |
15 | She thought she might even be able to get a good night 's sleep for the first time since she had arrived at the house . |
16 | John Stork — when in his mid-30s — became aware of headhunting when he found himself on the receiving end of a headhunter 's call for the first time ; in due course he became the successful candidate , but did not take the job , staying on as a member of the international Board of Masius Wynne-Williams advertising agency , where he had earlier been head of research . |
17 | Pedro Campos , project manager said , ‘ We are aware that a country going into the America 's Cup for the first time has never done well , but at the same time we are going there to win ; no-one knows about the class . ’ |
18 | WOLVES winger Robbie Dennison has been recalled to Northern Ireland 's squad for the first time in a year . |
19 | Until April 1988 , as a widow under 60 you are entitled to the widow 's allowance for the first 26 weeks after your husband 's death provided he paid enough contributions . |
20 | You take me away for the weekend and then come back and act as if you 've just met me at a friend 's house for the first time ! |
21 | Meeting your wife 's mother for the first time . |
22 | He and Helen were blissfully happy , alone now in the house where they had lived with Helen 's mother for the first few weeks of their marriage . |
23 | By an order dated 12 May 1992 the judge found the husband guilty of contempt of court in respect of two offences , and sentenced him to four weeks ' imprisonment for the first offence and to three months ' imprisonment for the second , the sentences to run consecutively and be suspended for 18 months . |
24 | He was sentenced to four weeks ' imprisonment for the first contempt and to three months ' imprisonment for the second contempt , the two sentences to run consecutively . |
25 | Doubt flickered across Harris ' face for the first time . |