Example sentences of "[verb] [noun prp] for [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 31 | Erm , I met Mr for the first time in the airport lounge at , erm er , er , Kennedy Airport erm , we discussed at great length and had a very interesting discussion erm , er , Pearsons erm , he accepted er , the job and h I , he has no obligation to me whatsoever and he is one of the er , members of the er , remuneration committee , and I actually take offence at what you 're saying . |
| 32 | A few days later Keith Meerza sees Christopher for the last time . |
| 33 | I meet Perry for the first time at the Starry Arms in Kentish Town . |
| 34 | Berry dismisses criticism of climbs of this kind , made recently by Reinhiold Messner among others : ‘ It 's all very well for him to say this kind of thing , but when he climbed Everest for the first time without oxygen and on other occasions , he was quite happy to make use of heavyweight-style expeditions . |
| 35 | She left shortly , having surprised Dinah for the first time in her life ; and there were to be more surprises . |
| 36 | Goal machine Martin McGaughey , even deadlier than Cowan at his Linfield peak , had a chance to decide for himself when he faced Smith for the first time last week . |
| 37 | Commenting on its figures ( see page five ) , Eschborn , Germany-based Linotype AG says its 1992 domestic orders fell by 6% but the company enjoyed solid gains in key foreign markets , with the US up 18% , Japan up 24% and the Middle and Far East showing gains of between 15% and 49% ; the US market surpassed Germany for the first time , and exports at the computerised printing systems and equipment company accounted for 72.1% of overall business in 1992 after 69.1% a year earlier . |
| 38 | The countryside , here called Wessex for the first time , village community life , the joyousness of seasonal festivities , the importance of music — all familiar from Under the Greenwood Tree — are integrated into a more complex story than any Hardy had yet attempted . |
| 39 | Where did Karen meet Drew for the first time ? |
| 40 | I 've known Becky for a long time and I never thought she 'd go public with what is a private afffair … it may in part be naivity … but I think some of it was vengence . |
| 41 | He said : ‘ I have known Graham for a long time but there will be no sentiment when he picks the England team . |
| 42 | Finney had known Harwood for a long time before finally working with him on the film of The Dresser . |
| 43 | West Bromwich boss Ardiles , an enthusiastic 15-handicap golfer , said : ‘ I 've known Vicente for a long time . |
| 44 | But , since you 're so interested , I 've known Nicole for a long time . ’ |
| 45 | Denis Smith says … he 's known John for a long time and has just the experience and talent that Oxford need |
| 46 | For his summer holiday he went with Henry Legerton to Positano , seeing Italy for the first time , and sent a card to Hanns : ‘ We have lounged like lizards . |
| 47 | Marie asked Gazzer for the second time that day . |
| 48 | After a series of celebrations , it will leave Middlesbrough for the last time next Tuesday and head for Portsmouth to be de-commissioned . |
| 49 | When I saw Jekub for the first time I thought , OK , this is what he used . ’ |
| 50 | I saw Begampur for the first time on a hot evening in early May . |
| 51 | ‘ Rodin in China ’ , organised by the Musée Rodin , Paris , is something of a coup in that among the 113 works to be shown , the large version of ‘ The thinker ’ will leave Paris for the first time . |
| 52 | Helen felt as if she were hearing Nicola for the first time . |
| 53 | For another , the ‘ war party ’ may already have taken over within the Vietminh : at least when Sainteny , attempting his last act of mediation , saw Ho for the last time before the war started , he complained about the moderate elements who had been eliminated from the government to the benefit of the notorious Francophobes ; and as the war was on the point of beginning , and as attacks on French soldiers and civilians had not ceased , nor had French retaliation , Sainteny 's exasperation was to be seen in his demand that culprits should be punished within 24 hours . |
| 54 | ‘ I saw Siena for the first time in Autumn , ’ said Tom Tedder , with a catch in his voice . |
| 55 | He immediately took me up the tower , and — stepping out onto the balcony — I saw Oxford for the first time . |
| 56 | Germany outstripped Britain for the first time as the largest contributor last year . |
| 57 | The result : Des was airlifted out of the Gulf in mid-May and , on May 29 , at Arden Grange International Quarantine Kennels in Albourne , Sussex , Dave saw Des for the first time since March 23 . |
| 58 | This emerges in the form of a dreary Swedish mantra along the lines of ‘ He tried to beat mee , but I beat heem , and so I won Weembledon for the first time . ’ |
| 59 | Arguing that Richard 's attack on Toulouse was a breach of the truce of 1187 — which Richard denied — Philip invaded Berry for the second time in twelve months , though he first took care to ascertain that Henry II disclaimed any responsibility for his son 's actions and was therefore unlikely to move swiftly to his assistance . |
| 60 | Seeing London for the first time , not very impressed , I I liked Crystal Palace but tt . |