Example sentences of "first time [prep] [adj] [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | It 's the first time for 11 years they 've reached the final stages . |
2 | Gorbachev disclosed that " for the first time in recent years we laid quite a strong stress on what our economic relations should be like " , although he failed to provide details on the precise content of the talks . |
3 | For the first time in many months she contemplated the uncontemplatable , and thought that it might not be so with him , even though her heart began to thud uncomfortably at the very idea . |
4 | Early on a wet Sunday morning outside Yaroslavl station , in the centre of Moscow , my journey was complete and for the first time in 10 days I was alone . |
5 | I 've done it five , this is the first time in five years I 've had New Year 's Eve off . |
6 | DEC said that for the first time in six quarters it generated positive cash flow from operations and investments , even with restructuring activities . |
7 | For the first time in 11 years you can get nearly two dollars for every £ because the American dollar is so weak . |
8 | This is the first time in 20 years I have felt any hope . ’ |
9 | But one day , as he sat by a mountain stream , he actually looked at a flower , and for the first time in ten years he realized how beautiful something living could be . |
10 | One that I look a lot more like the Prime Minister wearing my reading glasses than the Prime Minister actually looks like the Prime Minister and two , the hidden benefits of wearing your reading glasses , group , here , is that I ca n't see a thing over there and for the first time in ten years I 'm gon na enjoy delivering a speech . |
11 | this one was the biggest and best in a long while … for the first time in 30 years it was open to professionals as well as amateurs and drew in two former world champions in Tony Doyle and Danny Clark and three Milk Race winners in … |