Example sentences of "and [prep] the first time [det] " in BNC.
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1 | And for the first time all the worlds press had unfettered access to him , His pronouncements were published and broad cast almost daily , and his BBC , in particulary , gave full coverage to his views . |
2 | He urged his horse on home , and for the first time that day it responded by breaking into a trot for a few yards , until it decided that it was more comfortable to walk . |
3 | I was beginning to understand a lot I 'd never known about before , and for the first time that day Toby 's fatal unthinking words came back to me : " One day she 'll have a baby without ever having understood what love really means . " |
4 | But much wider issues than the construction of the Finance Act 1976 have been raised in these appeals and for the first time this House has been asked to consider a detailed argument upon the extent to which reference can properly be made before a court of law in the United Kingdom to proceedings in Parliament recorded in Hansard . |
5 | He pulled off a couple of cracking saves , and for the first time this season United kept everything out . |
6 | The Ministry of Social Security Act 1966 created the Supplementary Benefits Commission ( SBC ) to administer the supplementary benefit scheme and for the first time those whose resources did not meet their requirements had a legal entitlement to the payment of benefit . |
7 | But the question had been unwelcome and for the first time some of his cockiness seemed to have drained from him . |
8 | Since the beginning of the year new shops have opened up in central Belfast and for the first time some are doing well selling avant-garde men 's and women 's clothes . |