Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [prep] the first time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Early on a wet Sunday morning outside Yaroslavl station , in the centre of Moscow , my journey was complete and for the first time in 10 days I was alone . |
| 2 | I was totally conscious and for the first time since my labour started I felt relaxed . |
| 3 | But the question had been unwelcome and for the first time some of his cockiness seemed to have drained from him . |
| 4 | His voice had deepened , the words becoming more guttural as for the first time since she 'd met him he seemed to struggle with a language which was not his own . |
| 5 | The equaliser brought more boost to Town , than United and for the first time in the game , the Oxford goal was under pressure . |
| 6 | He never came to the hotel drunk and for the first time for years worked almost to a routine . |
| 7 | His patience was dwindling and for the first time in four years of marriage she could see he was on the point of losing his temper . |
| 8 | Soutter , the fourth seed , thus beat the player who caused her exclusion from England 's world title-winning team , in a final that for the first time since 1979 contained neither of the Guernsey girls , Martine le Moignan and Lisa Opie . |