Example sentences of "[noun pl] for the [num ord] time [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To use the army as strike-breakers for the first time since Franco ( and Spain 's universally detested military service would have caused some intersting tests of loyalty ) would have provoked a confrontation with an unclear outcome for both sides . |
| 2 | Years later when I saw John Sayers of West New Houses for the last time before he unfortunately died , I mentioned that I was planning to start riding my bike again , and he was most amused . |
| 3 | Although there was no official statement concerning the content of the agenda , it was widely believed that the two sides would begin detailed discussions for the first time since the negotiations began in July 1990 . |
| 4 | When they went through the first gate at the bottom of the hill they were out of people 's eyes for the first time since they had met . |
| 5 | Jacko looked him in the eyes for the first time since they 'd met . |
| 6 | Its aim is to promote a reunion of Czech Jews for the first time since the war . |
| 7 | I washed my billycans for the first time since Reggane , and cleaned the kit and groundsheet with disinfectant . |
| 8 | And the Tynesiders could be among the medals for the first time since they won the event in 1987 and 1988 . |
| 9 | The appointment by Pope John Paul II of five new bishops on Feb. 14 , 1990 , filled all of the country 's 13 Roman Catholic bishoprics for the first time since the Second World War [ see p. 36235 for appointment in May 1988 of three bishops ] . |
| 10 | Wh when you put people on the patches for the first time because the hormone goes straight into the system , rather than having to go through the gut , |