Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [pers pn] for [art] 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 Susan uses me for the first person pronoun [ G2 ] , and unmarked past tense [ G4 ] in tell , see , pick and run , and she has initial /t/ in ting , " thing " [ P17 ] .
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 ’ .
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