Example sentences of "we [vb past] for [art] [num ord] time " in BNC.
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1 | We met for the first time just two days before departure and accepted a murderous schedule of four games in 10 days , before opening against the New Zealand provincial champions just two days after a 25 hour journey to Dunedin . |
2 | Tamed native birds flocked on the poolside boardwalk of their rented hideaway , ‘ Hawksnest ’ , as we met for the first time , and Robin encircled his shyness with a stream-of-consciousness banter , made easier by the antics of a visiting cocker spaniel , which bit the head off a parrot . |
3 | On Wednesday 13 February , we met for the second time with pensions as the agenda item . |
4 | ‘ We opened for the first time and we 're doing extremely well , ’ said assistant manager Greg Hughes . |
5 | Talking of Lester Piggott he of course was the winner of the first ever Channel Four personality of the year trophy which we awarded for the first time last year . |
6 | ‘ The night we kissed for the first time . |
7 | We talked for the first time about poetry , poets and our own poems : |
8 | We won for a third time at Zandvoort , the first grand prix of the season : apart from the prize money , that moved us up a scale on the start money and suddenly I could see our way through the rest of the season . |
9 | We learned for the second time that old London Underground trains never die : they are sold for another quarter-century 's work on the Isle of Wight . |