Example sentences of "[be] the first time [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was to be the first time in history that aircraft were used for ground attack , as an integral part of an operation carried out by ground and air forces . |
| 2 | May was saying , ‘ This will be the first time in years that Lucy and Jim and the bairns have n't spent New Year 's Eve with us . |
| 3 | The balance of trade in manufacturing swung from a surplus of £2.75 billion in 1979 to a deficit in 1984 of £3.75 billion and the years 1983 and 1984 were the first time in history that Britain 's trade balance was in the red on manufactures . |
| 4 | When you meet somebody , especially if it is the first time of meeting , your senses are working flat out to process all the data . |
| 5 | 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 " . |
| 6 | The trophy , named after a past director of Stoddard 's carpets , has been at the company for the past 37 years , but this is the first time in history that the organisers have opened up the competition for runners up . |
| 7 | This is the first time in Britain … possibly in Europe that this legislation has been used for enforcement in this way |
| 8 | It 's the first time in years that I 've enjoyed the charts . |
| 9 | It 's the first time in years I 've been able to uncoil a little with Ali . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | It was the first time in Israel 's 41-year history that a government had been brought down on a vote of confidence . |
| 13 | A man has made medical history by having four organ transplants.In two operations he was given a new heart , two lungs and a kidney.It was the first time in Europe so many organs had been replaced successfully.Richard Barnett reports : |
| 14 | It was the first time in ages he 'd demonstrated any kind of protectiveness towards her and she could n't help warming to that . |
| 15 | This was the first time in history that a trade union banner had been borne aloft in a great military and naval display . |
| 16 | A rifleman hit two men crouching near the Colonel , who later wrote that ‘ this was the first time in warfare that I truly felt fear . |
| 17 | It was the first time in years that I had blown my top in such a way , and I vowed that it would never happen again , that I would save all my aggression for the track . |