Example sentences of "[prep] the first time of [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were a lot a lot involved there er and some of you actually found that that there was quite a lot that you really had to almost worry about and think about and and er yesterday for the first time of doing it with this this new method it does take quite a bit of thinking about and as we agreed practice is is what 's what 's important .. |
| 2 | He went on to play in all 42 League games that season and helped the club to finish in a respectable third position but , statistically at least , his best season with the Palace was 1920–21 when , along with all the other Southern League clubs , we were admitted to the Football League — and promptly won the newly-formed 3rd Division at the first time of asking ! |
| 3 | I was confident I could wear her down eventually , but I certainly never expected her to come across at the first time of asking . |
| 4 | He had looked for a loophole in their guard , he had found that crevice at the first time of asking . |
| 5 | It has proved , at the first time of asking in Test cricket , to be nothing more than a wrist-slapper . |