Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [prep] [art] first time " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had looked for a loophole in their guard , he had found that crevice at the first time of asking . |
| 2 | Yes I pick up on the comment from the , Notts are n't as in control as they were , after first Tony and then Paul got their names on the score sheet in each case for the first time this season , both with bristling finishing efforts and you 'd be a harsh critic indeed who did n't agree that Pisa deserved to pull one back because they played some fine attacking football , and it was the player who 's caused most danger , who 's wearing the number eleven that moved across to the right hand side , got clear of the defence , pulled back an absolutely brilliant clot cross and in the middle who 'd missed an earlier header on fifteen minutes to make it one one , did n't miss on this occasion . |
| 3 | Er I mean the er it 's er , course there are three orders that we are looking at tonight , it includes the er the third order er in relation not to boundaries but to the registration of overseas er voters to enable them to vote er in this , in this er election within U K constituencies and therefore that 's why the position that Mr David Robeddow as the chairman of Conservatives abroad er in Monte Carlo is relevant , er but also bec because of course the purpose of the European parliament for the first time as it will go through under these new boundaries , now is that they will be able to remedy some of that democratic deficit . |
| 4 | Whereas in the 1980s the reforming emphasis was on market economics without political openness ( perestroika without glasnost ) , the China of the mid-to-late 1990s was driven by a concern for political openness for the first time in its history . |
| 5 | With the football decider having ended in deadlock Carlow champions Eire Og and O'Donovan Rossa of Cork must meet again this afternoon at the Gaelic Grounds Limerick to decide which side lifts the prestigious trophy for a first time . |
| 6 | My initial impression , on seeing this guitar for the first time , was that Rockwood have tried very hard to steer away from total Strat clone , whilst keeping all the essential ingredients pretty much to the fore . |
| 7 | In response to Air Ministry Specification R14/24 calling for a large , long-range flying-boat , Blackburn Aircraft ventured into this field for the first time in 1924 with their RB.1 Iris ( Blackburn 's previous flying-boat experience had been with the diminutive N.1B and Pellet single-seat designs ) . |
| 8 | Indeed , I have found that students and businessmen who are using this technique for the first time tend to get confused between the two axes . |
| 9 | Another sees Riesenhuber in charge of a new ministry of the environment , where he could head off the political challenge of the Green movement which enters the West German parliament for the first time after the election successes . |
| 10 | It was a derby match to remember , especially if you 're a United fan ; defeating the old enemy for the first time in years . |
| 11 | It was a derby match to remember , especially if you 're a United fan ; defeating the old enemy for the first time in years . |
| 12 | As well as campaigning against embryo research , it plans to introduce an abortion amendment to the Bill , thereby forcing a free vote for the first time since abortion was legalised in 1967 . |
| 13 | Towards morning , Peter dreamed the old dream for the first time in months if not years . |
| 14 | In fact they were clearly entranced by Hannah — which , it has to be said , is par for the course with everyone meeting this lady for the first time . |
| 15 | Osijek , Vinkovci and Pakrac in the east experienced bombardments of unprecedented severity during the night of Sept. 11-12 , and Kostajnica ( on the Croatia-Bosnia border 60 miles south of Zagreb ) fell to Serbian forces on Sept. 12 , bringing a section of Bosnia into the Serbian zone for the first time . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | In the years immediately after the Second World War , the particular concerns of old age became a subject for serious social investigation for the first time . |
| 18 | The seven year old spoke for the first time and darted away to return with the roll of foil . |
| 19 | ‘ That was something I missed terribly when I retired and doing this race for the first time is a way of replacing it . ’ |
| 20 | General Motors and Ford both expect to lose money on car manufacturing this quarter for the first time since the 1982 recession , largely as a result of overcapacity in the market . |
| 21 | Personal best : Anthony Mason of Ipswich Harriers cleared seven metres in the high jump for the first time in his career |
| 22 | Today , Kirov intended to call upon this facility for the first time . |
| 23 | England required a win to avoid taking the wooden spoon for the first time . |
| 24 | All the weeks of reluctantly keeping Yanto at bay , plus having her hand on a male sexual organ for the first time in her twenty five years of life , was too much for Molly . |
| 25 | We feel that all doctors or other qualified individuals seeing a myocardial infarction for the first time should consider thrombolytic therapy as early as possible so that the maximum amount of myocardium can be salvaged . |
| 26 | THE controversial film Cathy Come Home is to be screened on British television for the first time in 17 years in as attempt to highlight the plight of the homeless . |
| 27 | We can not have a Briton winning the US Masters for the first time again , nor a Briton putting the green jacket on yet another Briton for the first time again . |
| 28 | Several of the articles in this important collection produced over the last ten years and gathered together in this volume for the first time , focus particularly on ordinary femininity . |
| 29 | Another was a newcomer to our church and to our city , doing an Edinburgh house-to-house collection for the first time . |
| 30 | Glenn Hoddle back from Wembley , after helping the Robins clinch a place in the top flight for the first time in their history . |