Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] the first time [conj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | He was a local lad and already a star in clubland , and I was a second-year apprentice comic visiting the north-east for the first time and decidedly wary of its reputation . |
| 32 | Bakalov said Huron version 1.18 , expected in Q2 1993 , will support Motif for the first time as well as the RS/6000 , improved buffers support for larger numbers of terminals , Oracle server ( Unix ) and DB server(MVS) . |
| 33 | On Saturday I sat there watching his team lose at home to Chelsea and listening to an Australian Evertonian who was back at Goodison for the first time since he emigrated in 1985 . |
| 34 | If you were to fly to Athens for the first time and take a taxi to an address in the city , you would be unable to assess whether the route was circuitous , or the baggage charge was normal . |
| 35 | She also looked great — out of dungarees for the first time and into a becomingly simple black dress . |
| 36 | In fact she lay in the warm , dark grey shadows of her room quite at peace for the first time since she had come to Italy . |
| 37 | Members of the foreign press were allowed as observers for the first time and ‘ dialogue ’ was the stated aim of the congress and also of the CPPCC to follow . |
| 38 | 3 STEVE BULL scored twice as England finished their European Championship Under-21 qualifying campaign with a flourish in Jastrzebie Zdruj , but they are still likely to miss out on a quarter-final place for the first time since the competition began 13 years ago . |
| 39 | After Arsenal had demolished Coventry City 3-0 at Highbury to take top place for the first time since they won the Championship in May 1991 , Graham said : ‘ It is no good looking back . |
| 40 | It 's usual to hang ceiling paper parallel with the main window in the room , but if you 're tackling the job for the first time and the room is noticeably shorter in one dimension , you may find it easier to manage shorter lengths and hang it the other way . |
| 41 | Of greater interest to The Times was the attendance of the King at the match for the first time and the fact that a cuckoo had been heard in the vicinity of the Crystal Palace . |
| 42 | The second half proved a nightmare as the visitors hit the first three baskets to take the lead for the first time and stay there for a 7670 victory . |
| 43 | It lent to his words an air of impressive finality , as if he had been thinking out each point for the first time and had come to a halt . |
| 44 | The seven year old spoke for the first time and darted away to return with the roll of foil . |
| 45 | This option enables you to update a Product either to enter information about a Product for the first time or to update existing information about a Product . |
| 46 | A third building included a single-storey office which incorporated a design studio and dark room for the first time and enabled Laura to organize her print and pattern research . |
| 47 | ‘ Before the fight they were chanting my name for the first time and I could see the effect it had on Ruddock , his head was going down while my chest was swelling with pride . |
| 48 | The idea of being received at court for the first time since the childhood marriage , at first caused Anne much excitement . |
| 49 | Hard work by the ground staff enabled play to begin on Friday afternoon , whereupon Richards , leading West Indies for the first time because of Lloyd 's injury , gleefully put England in . |
| 50 | After clinching the Bob Lord Trophy against Runcorn in midweek , Wycombe travel to Altrincham today hoping to relieve Colchester of the leadership for the first time since they went top five months ago . |
| 51 | Half-way up the straight , Piggott picked up his whip for the first time and the resulting explosion was unforgettable . |
| 52 | Blackburn boss Dalglish faced the nostalgia head-on as he prepared to lead out the opposition against Liverpool for the first time since his astonishing walk-out 20 months ago . |
| 53 | And we got plenty more attention , too , when Davis went out into the Crucible Theatre arena as world champion for the first time and promptly got slaughtered 10-1 by a complete unknown by the name of Tony Knowles . |
| 54 | As they passed him , he looked directly at Midnight for the first time and said with genuine feeling : ‘ I 'm sorry . |
| 55 | These will allow Chinese enterprises independent decision-making powers for the first time and allow them to compete with each other in the marketplace . |
| 56 | This is a small amount in relation to our subscriptions which reached one million pounds for the first time but it does pose problems . |
| 57 | The R Y A is financially strong , following from the good results of last year , the reserves passed one million pounds for the first time and those will enable us to continue with our work for yachting while we deal with the problems that I have touched upon . |
| 58 | Another innovation of lenses is seeing yourself without the cover of glasses from a three-foot distance for the first time since puberty . |
| 59 | The new release sees the System climb off the mainframe for the first time and there are the expected implementations for OS/2 , Microsoft Corp Windows and Digital Equipment Corp 's OpenVMS . |
| 60 | LOGO and the languages which follow could allow people of the Third World to recover control of their cultural and educational development for the first time since elite education began to be Europeanised last century . |