Example sentences of "for [pron] first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trainer David Elsworth said : ‘ He won for me first time last season and perhaps he is a horse who does n't want running too often . ’ |
| 2 | I went in through the Marsden 's revolving doors for my first treatment thinking : ‘ This is the beginning . ’ |
| 3 | I duly arrived for my first drive . |
| 4 | We fixed our first session for the following week , and with a little planning there could be a further session before I went back to Bristol for my first day return since being a resident . |
| 5 | This came as something of a surprise , for nothing Victor Saunders had told me about the Priut refuge quite prepared me for my first sight of this three-storey silver sausage — an amazing futuristic construction with a dining room that looks out on a wonderland of peaks , and with some four-bedded dormitories which , if you 're lucky enough to be allocated one , ensures a degree of comfort far different from alpine-style overcrowding . |
| 6 | From these three I took a pair who seemed to get along , for my first release . |
| 7 | However , credit must also be given to Saya Yá2wshu ( Saya means teacher ) , the seconded catechist , who for my first year followed me like a shadow , to enlarge my vocabulary and lengthen my conversations and sermons . |
| 8 | You can use either but the latter are perhaps easier for my first idea — Christmas angels or other Christmas figures . |
| 9 | I had Stuart about 3.55 a.m. which I 'm told was n't bad for my first child . |
| 10 | So I 'd thank Mr Fry for his kind advice and start saving for my first toot toute suite … |
| 11 | WITH nearly 20 years of trouble-free driving behind me , I was relatively confident and assured when I switched on the ignition for my first lesson in advanced driving . |
| 12 | After my health check I opted to use the fully equipped gym for my first workout followed by a cycle ride to the local village and back . |
| 13 | I have Phil to thank for my first break on the Cutters . |
| 14 | And so it was then , that on a cold , Tuesday October evening I set off for my first match … |
| 15 | McWilliams was still having problems with the suspension on his Yamaha during the final practice session and said afterwards : ‘ I needed a higher starting position to have a chance tomorrow but I have learned a lot and I 'm going to prepare for my first World championship by having a good nights sleep . ’ |
| 16 | I had arrived for my first meeting with the North Downs Steam Railway which is managed by a friendly group of enthusiasts who are not prepared to be put off by a drop of rain , even if it was one of the heaviest storms of the summer . |
| 17 | I went up for my first term at York called Nigel and I came back as Oliver . |
| 18 | While endeavouring to find a title for my first book , Colin Harvey , the publisher , suggested ‘ Poems for Daffodil Teas ’ . |
| 19 | In one of his earliest pamphlets , called The Reason of Church Government , he said this about himself : ‘ After I had for my first years , by the ceaseless diligence and care of my father , whom God recompense , been exercised to the tongues and some sciences as my age would suffer , by sundry masters and teachers , both at home and at the schools , it was found that whether ought was imposed me by them that had the overlooking , or be taken to of mine own choice in English or other tongue , prosing or versing but chiefly by this latter , style by certain vital signs it had was likely to live . |
| 20 | I went for my first visit to the therapist feeling panicky , nervous , hopeful and depressed . |
| 21 | And that was where at the age of sixteen , I turned up for my first job interview . |
| 22 | I bought the painting for my first offer . ’ |
| 23 | I did n't have long to wait for my first recovery , because the next day a kid arrived at the house carrying the ghastly yellow-coated corpse of a starling . |
| 24 | To get somewhere for my caddying I felt I had to travel , and I left home for my first tournament in 1951 at St Andrews for the Amateur Championship . |
| 25 | For my first tournament you were paid next to nothing from the caddie-master 's box , and your tips depended on how far you progressed in the tournament . |
| 26 | The rock was unusual , but my Boston conglomerate experience helped a lot and the great protection boosted confidence for my first lead of the season . |
| 27 | Even the dullness of her room in a hall of residence possessed , for her first year at least , a kind of charm . |
| 28 | At half-past-six in the front bedroom of 2 Acacia Close , Chevisham , Susan Bradley , wife of the Higher Scientific Officer in the Biology Department of Hoggatt 's Laboratory , was welcomed by the faint , plaintive wail of her two-month-old baby , hungry for her first feed of the day . |
| 29 | You 'll see her at one in the morning for her first feed . ’ |
| 30 | What does the patients charter offer to the woman in Wandsworth who last month found that she could not have her second child in the hospital that she chose for her first child because her health authority has no contract with that hospital ? |