Example sentences of "[noun prp] for the [adj] time and " in BNC.
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1 | Dave meets Andy for the first time and says ‘ Nice to meet you . ’ |
2 | If you were to fly to Athens for the first time and take a taxi to an address in the city , you would be unable to assess whether the route was circuitous , or the baggage charge was normal . |
3 | Later , after she had visited Joy for the last time and he had filled her arms with fruit , as he had on every visit , she made her way to the cemetery . |
4 | The alarm clock woke Claudia for the second time and she sniffed appreciatively at the aroma penetrating her room . |
5 | In 1348 the bubonic plague , known as the Black Death , struck Europe for the first time and , in conditions of poor sanitation , famine and undernourishment , made rapid progress . |
6 | Even that incomplete list of achievements takes on special significance when people encounter Nadia for the first time and learn how a genetic abnormality meant she was born with only one finger on each hand . |
7 | I remember when I say John Bellany for the first time and he said , ‘ All that matters at the end of the day is the work ’ . |
8 | I remember when I say John Bellany for the first time and he said , ‘ All that matters at the end of the day is the work ’ . |
9 | But I got to write songs with Dave Anderson and Rab Handleigh for the first time and the reggae ‘ Interference song ’ which Terry Neason sang was a thrill for me as I 'd always wanted to write something for her absolutely amazing voice . |