Example sentences of "[noun] [noun prp] for the [num ord] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | And you had the impression he knew that would be the case as he raced down Jefferson Avenue for the first time . |
| 2 | As I came into my room , I saw Edward Hyde for the first time . |
| 3 | For example when Pip meets Miss Haversham for the 1st time , Dickens describes her in immense detail . |
| 4 | By the time they had reached the end of Jefferson Street for the first time , the US Grand Prix was all over . |
| 5 | The Beazer Homes League visitors have displayed a knack this season of stealing last-gasp cup match goals , and it was another 89th minute affair which helped check Cornard for the second time in two months . |
| 6 | I have been involved in local politics for several years and I am running in South Ward for the second time . |
| 7 | Wilkinson conceded that odds against the title going to Elland Road for the first time in 18 years have ‘ lengthened considerably ’ but he refused to throw in the towel . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | All the rugby roads lead to Twickenham this weekend … where England are playing South Africa for the first time in over 20 years … |
| 10 | Michael Roberts has picked up a two-week ban in South Africa for the second time this winter . |
| 11 | Molly rang the blessed Saint Fixit for the fourth time but there was still no reply . |
| 12 | Heathcliff visits Catherine for the last time |
| 13 | In 1886 Lottie Dod , aged fourteen , beat Maud Watson for the first time in the final at the Bath tournament to win the West of England title . |
| 14 | The first part of the walk kicks off up a private road gliding beneath a fabulous railway viaduct , the very one from which I had gazed in my bike-less train down the length of Loch Shiel for the first time some ten years earlier . |
| 15 | As expected , Martina , fresh from victory in the Dow Classic in Birmingham , proceeded unharmed to the final , defeating Amanda Coetzer and Brenda Schulz for the second time in a week , Mary Joe Fernandez , and Heather Ludloff , all in straight sets . |
| 16 | Ridge rovers arriving in South Wales for the first time probably have firm plans to tackle the splendid routes in the Black Mountains and , of course , the classic escarpment topped by Pen y Fan in the Brecon Beacons . |
| 17 | If the match takes place — some time next month has been suggested — it will provide ideal circumstances under which Andy Roxburgh , the national coach , may watch Costa Rica for the first time . |
| 18 | DES Walker has been dropped by Graham Taylor for the first time in 36 games as the England manager fights for World Cup survival against Poland tomorrow . |
| 19 | In November Gorbachev for the first time conceded that Moscow stood not only for a ‘ non-aligned , independent , sovereign Afghanistan ’ but a ‘ neutral Afghanistan ’ . |
| 20 | Mr Alfred Nzo , general secretary of the ANC , said yesterday that he spoke to Mr Mandela for the first time in 26 years . |
| 21 | The Reykjavik summit , when President Reagan met Mr Gorbachev for the second time , led to a notable strain between Washington and London . |
| 22 | On the same Toronto junket , following a rather splendid lunch at the Granite Club with a friend from CFRB , I met Roy Thomson for the first time . |
| 23 | But when parliament met later in the day to summon Congress formally , Mr Khasbulatov for the second time in three days stepped back from delivering the final stroke . |
| 24 | Ironic now , referring to the evening out with Lionel when she had met Sir Robert for the first time . |
| 25 | On March 12 in Washington he met US President Bush for the first time since the start of the Gulf crisis in August 1990 . |
| 26 | But I got to write songs with Dave Anderson and Rab Handleigh for the first time and the reggae ‘ Interference song ’ which Terry Neason sang was a thrill for me as I 'd always wanted to write something for her absolutely amazing voice . |
| 27 | I was very nervous when I went to meet Mr Wogan for the first time but the gentleman who drove the big car to the show was very nice and friendly . |
| 28 | As we experience Act I , Scene i , of King Lear for the first time , it may not be easy to see that Cordelia is right , the others wrong . |
| 29 | In a further sign of improving links with black Africa , it was announced that during the weekend of de Klerk 's visit to Kenya , South African Airways flights were routed over west Africa for the first time for nearly 30 years , the government having secured overflight rights with Morocco , Mauritania , Mali and Côte d'Ivoire . |
| 30 | We can not win the Ryder Cup , the Curtis Cup , the Walker Cup in the United States for the first time again . |