Example sentences of "[pron] [be] the first time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's the first time for 11 years they 've reached the final stages . |
| 2 | It 's the first time for me . |
| 3 | It 's the first time in his career he has n't come out on top . |
| 4 | It 's the first time in years that I 've enjoyed the charts . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's the first time in my life that someone really cares for me . |
| 6 | It 's the first time in years I 've been able to uncoil a little with Ali . |
| 7 | It 's the first time in all my life I 've been able to see the back of my nails from the palms of my hands . ’ |
| 8 | It 's the first time in its 500 years of activity that the volcano has claimed lives . |
| 9 | At home in Darlington , he said : ‘ It 's the first time in my life I have actually enjoyed being who I am . |
| 10 | I , I bet , I bet i I bet it 's the first time in your life you felt shi , yes come on ! |
| 11 | It is the first time since the end of the second world war that the Japanese navy has ventured overseas . |
| 12 | It is the first time since 1974 that a British commander has been voted to the post by the 14-member committee . |
| 13 | It is the first time since 1987 that the race has been held over onto the standby day . |
| 14 | It is the first time since 1958-59 that league clubs have failed to survive until after Christmas . |
| 15 | When you meet somebody , especially if it is the first time of meeting , your senses are working flat out to process all the data . |
| 16 | Yesterday 's bombs are thought to have been Semtex and it is the first time outside the capital that devices have been casually placed by the road side . |
| 17 | ‘ It is the first time in 30 years that an international financial institution has been created , and we are not simply a bank , but also a political endeavour . |
| 18 | ‘ It is the first time in eleven years as a manager that I have not worked with a contract and it is like an air of freedom . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ It is the first time in thousands of holidays that we have lost any clients . ’ |
| 20 | It is the first time in the history of this House that a petition has been presented accompanied by a demand . ’ |
| 21 | In his opening address welcoming delegates to the summit on Nov. 19 , President François Mitterrand of France said that " it is the first time in history that we witness a change in the depth of the European landscape that is not the outcome of a war or bloody revolution " . |
| 22 | To the best of my knowledge , and there may be someone out there who knows better , it is the first time in the UK that a bike dealer has offered this service . |
| 23 | It is the first time in recent memory she has missed the ceremony . |
| 24 | It was the first time during the Third Reich that a Führer speech had provoked such direct criticism in the reportage of upper civil servants . |
| 25 | It was the first time at any level England have lost to Turkey and the warning for Graham Taylor on the eve of tonight 's World Cup qualifier at Wembley rang out loud and clear . |
| 26 | Brian , a twenty-year-old draughtsman , had seen it all before , but it was the first time for Jane , his nineteen-year-old wife , whose daytime job is as a telephonist . |
| 27 | It was the first time for a long while that Tommy had come into the dining rooms for his morning break and Carrie had spotted him from the window as he pulled up outside and climbed down wearily from his horsecart . |
| 28 | They ordered , sipped drinks , and Therese was conscious that it was the first time for years she had eaten a meal alone with a man . |
| 29 | ‘ It was the first time with the woman I love . ’ |
| 30 | It was the first time since 1921 that England had lost the first three Tests of a home rubber . |