Example sentences of "we [vb past] for the first " in BNC.

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1 We met for the first time just two days before departure and accepted a murderous schedule of four games in 10 days , before opening against the New Zealand provincial champions just two days after a 25 hour journey to Dunedin .
2 Tamed native birds flocked on the poolside boardwalk of their rented hideaway , ‘ Hawksnest ’ , as we met for the first time , and Robin encircled his shyness with a stream-of-consciousness banter , made easier by the antics of a visiting cocker spaniel , which bit the head off a parrot .
3 This is a combination of the list we used for the first plan and the list used for the draft of the second plan .
4 A major emphasis was placed on Intercession and listening to God This was invaluable as we prepared for the first section of outreach in Budapest , Hungary .
5 We opened for the first time and we 're doing extremely well , ’ said assistant manager Greg Hughes .
6 Talking of Lester Piggott he of course was the winner of the first ever Channel Four personality of the year trophy which we awarded for the first time last year .
7 ‘ The night we kissed for the first time .
8 We talked for the first time about poetry , poets and our own poems :
9 If we had played for the whole 90 minutes as we did for the first hour we would have beaten Rangers . ’
10 It was exciting — they were good advertisements , and we waited for the first children to come .
11 One was quite hot and spicy but I 'd forgotten what we had for the first two the two that they brought out .
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