Example sentences of "[det] other [prep] the first time " in BNC.
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1 | The recruitment of colonial troops , mainly by the French who hoped by this means to offset the demographic superiority of the Germans ( a subject anxiously discussed in the 1860s ) , brought some others for the first time into a European environment . |
2 | ‘ As you can see , now that we have stopped exposing ourselves to Tramen-exhalation we have developed heads and can talk to each other for the first time . |
3 | This form of arranged marriage , the ‘ minor marriage ’ , could be compared with a more common form of arranged marriage , the ‘ major marriage ’ , in which the partners met each other for the first time when they were adolescents . |
4 | The armies saw each other for the first time at just after eleven o'clock . |
5 | They looked at each other for the first time with a long , speculative look , weighing up the possibilities honestly and in much the same terms . |
6 | They stood then for a moment in mutual silence and surprise , rather as Sophia and Rupert had stood on Ianthe 's doorstep , or like two strange cats meeting each other for the first time . |
7 | They saw each other for the first time on the fourth night of the marriage ceremonies and now have a son . |
8 | THE recently expanded sales force met each other for the first time in September at their autumn sales meeting . |