Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [art] first time and " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1987 , the service had to compete for the hospital 's laundry contract for the first time and in 1993 , it will have to submit another tender . ’ |
| 2 | The Annamese mandarin looked at Joseph 's eager face for a moment , then his eyes lost their watchful look for the first time and he smiled . |
| 3 | The North Region PGA brought an event to the Darlington municipal course for the first time and tournament controller Les Massey said : ‘ We ca n't fault this place . |
| 4 | Meeting Sien for the first time and getting to know her was like knowing ‘ a fellow creature as lonesome and unhappy as myself ’ , no more and no less . |
| 5 | So the subjects had clearly realized this aspect of the dynamic solution between doing the experiment for the first time and for the second . |
| 6 | When I tell you that , every year , 100,000 people in England and Wales suffer a stroke for the first time and that some of these may be unborn babies or small children , then I am sure that you will want to help . |
| 7 | The new accommodation means we are under one roof for the first time and this means communication between departments , a critical factor in my job , is improved tremendously . |
| 8 | Two years ago , he took charge of the Elliott Sports Jets side who won the women 's trophy for the first time and , on Sunday , he will be plotting the downfall of Su Ragazzi in the men 's final . |
| 9 | He was a local lad and already a star in clubland , and I was a second-year apprentice comic visiting the north-east for the first time and decidedly wary of its reputation . |
| 10 | It 's usual to hang ceiling paper parallel with the main window in the room , but if you 're tackling the job for the first time and the room is noticeably shorter in one dimension , you may find it easier to manage shorter lengths and hang it the other way . |
| 11 | Of greater interest to The Times was the attendance of the King at the match for the first time and the fact that a cuckoo had been heard in the vicinity of the Crystal Palace . |
| 12 | The second half proved a nightmare as the visitors hit the first three baskets to take the lead for the first time and stay there for a 7670 victory . |
| 13 | It lent to his words an air of impressive finality , as if he had been thinking out each point for the first time and had come to a halt . |
| 14 | The seven year old spoke for the first time and darted away to return with the roll of foil . |
| 15 | A third building included a single-storey office which incorporated a design studio and dark room for the first time and enabled Laura to organize her print and pattern research . |
| 16 | ‘ Before the fight they were chanting my name for the first time and I could see the effect it had on Ruddock , his head was going down while my chest was swelling with pride . |
| 17 | Half-way up the straight , Piggott picked up his whip for the first time and the resulting explosion was unforgettable . |
| 18 | And we got plenty more attention , too , when Davis went out into the Crucible Theatre arena as world champion for the first time and promptly got slaughtered 10-1 by a complete unknown by the name of Tony Knowles . |
| 19 | As they passed him , he looked directly at Midnight for the first time and said with genuine feeling : ‘ I 'm sorry . |
| 20 | The new release sees the System climb off the mainframe for the first time and there are the expected implementations for OS/2 , Microsoft Corp Windows and Digital Equipment Corp 's OpenVMS . |
| 21 | She met her aunt for the first time and was invited to spend a holiday with her . |
| 22 | The Olympic qualifying standard had been set at 64.50m so he went seriously into steroid use for the first time and threw a Commonwealth record of 67.32 within a few months . |
| 23 | In the Congo he had hunted big game for the first time and in Abyssinia he took every opportunity to do so , and conveyed his enthusiasm to me when I was only a small boy . |
| 24 | Their generosity was appreciated being so willing to give some time explaining to a fellow enthusiast the intricacies of steaming a locomotive for the first time and the difficulties which had been experienced in the rebuilding process . |
| 25 | When we launched our boat in Rangkul for the first time and motored towards the islands where the birds were said to nest , it was with considerable relief that we saw there were indeed geese , and they were on eggs . |
| 26 | ‘ Last time , ’ he grins , ‘ one guy said , ‘ I just kissed a man for the first time and it felt good . ’ |
| 27 | With 15 minutes gone Airdrie were able to break out into attack for the first time and Hearts ' experienced defenders looked oddly rattled , particularly when Coyle came close with a flashing cross-shot from the left . |
| 28 | However , others in the industry are concerned about ‘ cowboy ’ companies dabbling in biotechnology for the first time and about the commercial offshoots of universities which are scaling up laboratory experiments — often on shoestring budgets . |
| 29 | Twenty-five years to the day since England beat West Germany 4–2 in extra time at Wembley to win the World Cup for the first time and , so far , only time in a glorious ( etc , etc — the back pages that morning were awash , as they had been for days , with nostalgia and breast-beating and rush-of-blood reminiscence ) footballing history ; the apotheosis of the game , which , according to one writer at the time , ‘ lives like an extra pulse in the people of industrial England . ’ |
| 30 | I I what I want to do is make , if people going into selling advertising for the first time and most people are let's face it |