Example sentences of "[prep] the [num ord] time there be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The couple begin to lead separate lives and for the first time there is public concern over the marriage . |
| 2 | For the first time there is " Bill due to Miss Simsons for Entertainment at this Stent £8:10:0 . |
| 3 | For the first time there is access to the Crown Room for wheelchairs , and full-size ‘ hands-on ’ replicas of the Regalia have been made for blind or partially-sighted visitors . |
| 4 | It was hard work , but for the first time there are signs of movement in Stephen 's legs and clinic staff are hopeful he may soon be able to walk . |
| 5 | I mean for the first time there 's a erm a sort of Asian wholesale supermarket . |
| 6 | Last year for the first time there were European dressage titles in two categories : Werth won the conventional Special , while Rothenberger took the freestyle . |
| 7 | It is a language that needs a large memory capacity and for the first time there were machines available to use it . |
| 8 | For the first time there were reports of German units refusing to ‘ go over the top ’ , or surrendering too easily . |
| 9 | In 1955 also the idea of a Children 's Church on Sunday mornings was first suggested ( thought it did not start till November 1960 ) and in December 1955 for the first time there was a Christmas tree in church . |
| 10 | The new trolleybus service was numbered 654 and for the first time there was a through service crossing the main road at West Croydon . |
| 11 | For the first time there was an elected majority in the legislative council ( 18 out of 32 total ) . |
| 12 | Although there was widespread speculation as to the authenticity of the leaflets , experts believed that for the first time there was fairly solid evidence to show that the group was experiencing internal problems , with the possibility that a moderate faction had appeared to question the cult of leadership of Sendero leader Abimael Guzmán Renoso and his military strategy to bring down the state . |
| 13 | The wife obligingly lifted her arm and for the first time there was a flash of something pale , as if to show that there really was flesh and blood beneath the shapeless black garment . |