Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [prep] [art] first time " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I 've known just what sort of a woman you are ever since the first time I was unfortunate enough to meet you — though I confess I did n't realise even you could stoop quite as low as you have this time . ’
2 But there are twelve fewer non-North American galleries this year , and forty-two dealers nearly twenty-five per cent of the fair are here for the first time .
3 There was evidently no absolute labour shortage , if only because the reserve armies of the rural population ( at home and abroad ) were now for the first time advancing en masse upon the industrial labour markets .
4 ‘ That 's enough for the first time . ’
5 It was exactly like the first time .
6 He was also for the first time vaguely troubled about the DIA 's priorities in the Middle East , particularly with respect to the Western hostages in Beirut .
7 Linford was there for the first time .
8 Jack seemed to realise she was there for the first time .
9 This year , FOX F M was there for the first time and Phil Angel managed to catch Dr John Howard to explain what it all meant .
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