Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] for the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was convinced he was about to do the same to me , when he suddenly appeared to notice the tent for the first time , shied away and crashed off into the trees . |
| 2 | As this was fastened and he was made ready for departure , the prince for the first time seemed ill-at-ease — as if only then did he sense the poignancy of the moment and was after all loath to go . |
| 3 | Ten fighter jets from Upper Heyford have left the base for the last time , as the American operation there begins to wind down . |
| 4 | In 1906 an adverse report by the Board of Education 's inspectors on infant education led to the Board for the first time limiting school provision for children under five — hitherto the normal age for the entry of working-class children to full-time education had been three . |
| 5 | He was going to the cinema for the second time that week , with his beautiful lady , his Sweetheart , who looked and smelt and sometimes spoke like the real-life star of a Hollywood movie . |
| 6 | Say the sentence for the last time . |
| 7 | The right-wing Popular Party ( PP ) improved its position and the Alava Union ( UA ) , a new provincial splinter group of PP , entered the parliament for the first time . |
| 8 | The SPÖ won 47.7 per cent of the vote and 52 seats ( 54.9 per cent and 62 seats at the last elections in November 1987 — see p. 35792 ) ; the FPÖ won 22.6 per cent and 23 seats ( 9.7 per cent and eight seats in 1987 ) ; the Austrian People 's Party ( ÖVP ) won 18.1 per cent and 18 seats ( 28.4 per cent and 30 seats in 1987 ) ; and the Green Alternatives won over 9 per cent and thus entered the parliament for the first time with seven seats ( having won just under 5 per cent in 1987 ) . |
| 9 | Not prone to understatement , our Michael , as witness the opening paragraph of his colourful piece on the day Tendulkar took the field for the first time : The ghost of Lord Hawke failed to rise from the grave . |
| 10 | But with 17 matches to go and key players returning , Strudwick believes his side can reach the big-time for the first time since the Rugby League began their bid to take the game beyond the confines of Yorkshire and Lancashire with the Fulham experiment back in the early eighties . |
| 11 | It was eight days almost to the minute since the undertaker had arrived at the house on stilts and rung the doorbell for the last time . |
| 12 | During the hearing , Sir Montague said that people trying the drug for the first time were in particular danger . |
| 13 | And now he had her on the hook for the second time . |
| 14 | It was marked by the presence for the first time at the UN of Russian President Boris Yeltsin . |
| 15 | Grim and forbidding were the two well-used words that came to mind as she looked up at the building for the first time ; but there were no words that could easily describe the helpless terror that she felt as the side-gate opened before them and the ambulance had driven through . |
| 16 | Homer Scott was delighted when he saw the building for the first time at the May Day meeting and even the course bookmakers who are not known for lavishing praise on anything , are impressed by what has been built . |
| 17 | Breeze now met the Vicar for the first time , and thought he was one of the most unconventional people she had ever seen . |
| 18 | Ali failed to go the route for the first time in his career . |
| 19 | ‘ Aye , we know , Father , ’ Stanley said , as if hearing the story for the umpteenth time . |
| 20 | Much attention will focus on the inclusion in the census for the first time of the self reported limiting , longstanding sickness item . |
| 21 | Arriving back at the cottage for the last time Ludens paused to look and listen . |
| 22 | I had no regrets as I slammed the door behind me and left the cottage for the last time . |
| 23 | Colette Morrison , Equality Officer , is an Officer of the Association for the first time . |
| 24 | Labour 's rather narrow parliamentary majority in 1964 was chiefly an effect of a slump in Tory support and continuing electoral revival of the Liberals ( who received over 10 per cent of the vote for the first time since the war ) . |
| 25 | THEY really are changing the guard at Buckingham Palace today — women take part in the ceremony for the first time . |
| 26 | He had often imagined seeing the enemy for the first time , but it was strange how very commonplace and yet how exciting this baptism was . |
| 27 | In addition to the emphasis on vocal participation by congregations , there was the recognition for the first time of indigenous musical traditions . |
| 28 | So far this year , drugs officers have made more than 130 seizures — twice the figure for the same time last year . |
| 29 | Some pupils come to the Department for the first time in their Sixth Year . |
| 30 | driving in the dark for the first time , ha . |