Example sentences of "for [pron] first [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We made the cut in 1970 for my first British Open with Tom , but a bad last round put him down the field . |
| 2 | They also made the evening gown for her first official engagement , a charity gala in the city of London , which created almost as big a sensation as the dress which graced St Paul 's Cathedral a few months later . |
| 3 | Her experience during rehearsal for her first Royal Variety Show at the London Palladium in November 1988 also taught her a lesson . |
| 4 | On the morning of the sixth day , Hullabaloo and Artemis jumped a line of good hedges in perfect harmony , and by the end of the first week Annellie Clyde considered her pupil ready for her first full day out . |
| 5 | All right , nine was a little young for her first sexual encounter , but now she 's come to like it she 's become such a friendly child . |
| 6 | For her first post- Peaks movie , Sherilyn Fenn ( left ) stars as archetypal floozie Candy Cane , a mix of Marilyn Monroe and all the women JFK ever slept with ( OK , maybe not quite all of them ) in the latest assassination flic Ruby . |
| 7 | Even Admiral Hyman Rickover , father and all-powerful master of the US Navy 's nuclear programme , who had hitherto blocked all Anglo-American collaboration in nuclear submarine development and had a well-known contempt for all things British , agreed not only to Britain purchasing an American reactor for her first nuclear submarine , Dreadnought , but also for the reactor to be the most recent second-generation version , thus saving Britain valuable time and development costs . |
| 8 | In July last year came the news that the WRVS was looking for its first chief executive . |
| 9 | The tale has been tackled before in dance , most notably by Ashton and Balanchine , and for its first new full-length commission since Peter Pan in 1989 . |
| 10 | British Telecom has been presented with an award for its first environmental performance report . |
| 11 | BRM 's F1 return had to wait until the new two-litre P25 was ready for its first full season in 1956 . |
| 12 | Fans of the historic Whitworth Hall , near Spennymoor , birthplace of Bobby Shafto , can join a new ‘ Friends of Whitworth ’ scheme entitling them to concessions when the hall opens to the public for its first full season . |
| 13 | For a show due to open for its first public preview in a week 's time The Hooded Owl was in far from promising shape . |
| 14 | The interior was still waiting for its first clean and the upholstery felt as if it had been textured in buff nicotine . |
| 15 | This announcement meant that the three biggest Japanese car makers had all selected the UK as the site for their first European car assembly plant , in preparation for the completion of the Single European Market in 1992 . |
| 16 | On September 14 , 1989 , the 401st Bomb Group arrived for their first annual reunion to be held in England . |
| 17 | Roughly a bus-width , judging by their arrival at the Queen 's Medical Centre , Nottingham , for their first joint public engagement since the furore over their future . |
| 18 | JOHN BARNES made a dramatic return to English football last night when he set-up Ronnie Rosenthal to score Liverpool 's winner at Loftus Road for their first away win in the League for 10 months . |
| 19 | United are still looking for their first away points of the season … the search should end at London Road |
| 20 | United are still looking for their first away points of the season … the search should end at London Road |
| 21 | United 's search for their first away win of the season ended at Leicester : 3-2 it could and should have been more . |
| 22 | All this was to prepare the men for their first actual jump from an aircraft . |
| 23 | PRINCESS DIANA captured the attention of the photographers yet again today when she arrived in South Korea with Prince Charles for their first official visit there . |
| 24 | But Liverpool appeared to have weathered the storm and were heading for their first clean sheet since their Cup final win in May when Spoliaric crashed home a left-foot drive on the hour . |
| 25 | All were at the same stage of their career , applying for their first senior house officer post in a non-teaching hospital because applications to teaching hospitals usually require completion of a form . |
| 26 | After five trips to Wembley in recent seasons , Tranmere Rovers head for Italy next week for their first competitive match in Europe . |
| 27 | Honeymoon cystitis , with its descriptive and emotive label , is badly named , because it by no means restricts itself to married couples on honeymoon , whatever small proportion of such couples , these days , wait until their honeymoon for their first sexual experience together . |
| 28 | Counter staff June Fifield and Diane Langley spent Monday morning in training ready for their first full day 's opening on Wednesday . |
| 29 | On Later Nick Cave and Shane MacGowan join together for their first televised rendering of their single ‘ What A Wonderful World ’ , Denim play ‘ Middle Of The Road ’ and ‘ The Osmonds ’ , while John Prine and En Vogue complete a varied bill . |
| 30 | The crack pilots were in a hospitality chalet at the Hampshire show site celebrating a successful rehearsal for their first public performance . |