Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] the first time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Apologizing for the first time for some of those tactics , he expressed regret over the " naked cruelty " of certain remarks directed at Dukakis . |
| 32 | Finally , Yusuf advanced and the thunderous roll of the Moorish drums was heard for the first time on Spanish soil . |
| 33 | They were not to learn of the German reaction for some nine months , when the commandos again visited the Lofoten Islands , but the world heard for the first time of British commandos that night in German broadcasts : ‘ Light naval forces destroyed several fishing boats and landed commandos in the Norwegian skerries where they took prisoner some Germans and Norwegians . ’ |
| 34 | The twenty-five dealers specialising in drawings and paintings are joined for the first time by Colnaghi who opened a small Paris branch in May and are keeping their exhibits a closely guarded secret . |
| 35 | Representatives of the United Kingdom and Argentine governments were joined for the first time by a Falklands official in talks on fishing controls held in the Argentinian capital , Buenos Aires , in May 1991 . |
| 36 | The local club , Cremonese , won for the first time since gaining promotion - and their victims were the European Cup holders , Milan . |
| 37 | The Prix de l'Avenir — Marne la Vallée , worth F30,000 was won for the first time by kayak paddler Bernard Bregeon . |
| 38 | A critic walking for the first time into a gallery may describe a colour in a picture as blue ; it will have been the scrupulous task of a conservator to have established that the particular colour in question was Prussian blue , and thus can not date before the eighteenth century . |
| 39 | Indeed it was historic , in that it provided for the first time for the elimination of an entire class of nuclear arms — land-based missiles of intermediate and shorter range . |
| 40 | The net costs of Eagle Lodges appear for the first time in the income and expenditure account and are largely attributable to setting up costs as there was little income from occupancy during 1990 . |
| 41 | Foreign Offices of a modern kind , specialized in their functions , subdivided ( usually on a largely geographical basis ) into departments with still more specialized duties and employing considerable numbers of experts of all kinds , now appear for the first time in the major European capitals . |
| 42 | The Central Statistical Office said outstanding credit in February rose for the first time in six months . |
| 43 | CAR crime on Merseyside has dropped for the first time in three years but the rate is still one offence every 20 minutes . |
| 44 | CAR crime on Merseyside has dropped for the first time in three years but there is still one offence every 20 minutes . |
| 45 | There are so many towns to be seen , and each must be — or ought to be — approached for the first time on foot : certainly all the smaller towns . |
| 46 | The first stage of Felix lased for the first time in August 1991 , and the second stage will be operational this summer . |
| 47 | Some low-paid groups , such as agricultural workers , succeeded for the first time in establishing permanent unions although they remained relatively low-paid up to and beyond 1914 . |
| 48 | Had they succeeded for the first time in outstripping the rumours of their coming ? |
| 49 | A Christmas tree was put up in Moscow 's Red Square for the first time , and on Christmas Eve the bells of St Basil 's Cathedral in Red Square were rung for the first time since 1917 . |
| 50 | The former Rangers striker has been recalled to the squad to face in-form Chelsea in the Coca-Cola Cup tonight and is set to appear for the first time in two months . |
| 51 | Ben 's mother Sheila Silcock writes for the first time about her experiences . |
| 52 | Meanwhile , former Tottenham player Gary Lineker 's Japanese adventure got underway when he trained for the first time with his Grampus Eight teammates at Nagoya yesterday . |
| 53 | Manager Graeme Souness had Steve Nicol and Rob Jones back in training yesterday , while Jan Molby trained for the first time after his ankle injury . |
| 54 | He raised the mug to his lips and sipped the hot sugary tea , remembering the day when he had sat for the first time in Mr Corcoran 's office . |
| 55 | And the whole market — dominated by six firms including Argos and Great Universal Stores — is shrinking for the first time in years . |
| 56 | It is not that the question of the ordination of women is being considered for the first time in our day ! |
| 57 | But child benefit is to be frozen for the first time in two years . |
| 58 | The Education Act of 1944 , for example , led to the majority of rural school children being educated for the first time outside their own village after the age of eleven . |
| 59 | Fighting was reported for the first time in the east Bosnian towns of Visegrad and Foca , near the Serbian border . |
| 60 | Nesting for the first time in the delta since the 16th century , the flamingos had flown up the coast from the southern province of Malaga after finding their traditional nesting ground in the Fuente de Piedra lake had dried up after a prolonged drought . |