Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] him for the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was in 1977 and ‘ 78 that McEvoy won this title before Ronan Rafferty beat him for the first ( and only ) time in nearly 30 matches for England . |
| 2 | Not until he was five years old did Endill meet him for the first time . |
| 3 | Igor Stravinsky met him for the first time in this year , and recalled how shy he seemed . |
| 4 | The quarrel between faith and unbelief touched him for the first time and unsettled his mind . |
| 5 | The Campbells were waiting to greet him in the hall , and Elizabeth saw him for the first time . |
| 6 | Val left him for the first time since they had set up house , and went briefly ‘ home ’ . |