Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] the [adj] time " in BNC.
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1 | A NEW blood vessel ‘ drill ’ which can relieve blocked arteries supplying the heart has been used successfully for the first time by surgeons in Britain . |
2 | Local officials said that the move could result in the police and army being used locally for the first time , but reflected members ' anger and frustration . |
3 | The Green Party won representation locally for the first time with 14 seats ; and Sinn Féin won seven seats ( 10 in 1985 ) . |
4 | ‘ Ah , but I should have acted six years ago , I should have taken you then when you were vulnerable in your confusion — as I supposed — involved with a recently married man , presumably for the first time , and not knowing what it was you felt for me because you were so sure Jones was all you wanted . |
5 | Summerchild and Serafin had met , presumably for the first time , on March 7th . |
6 | Not only did they bring stretches of water into country often lacking in them , as in many parts of the Midlands , with consequent changes in bird and plant life , but they also brought — mostly for the first time — aqueducts , cuttings and embankments , tunnels , locks , lifts and inclined planes , and many attractive bridges , and they greatly influenced the growth and appearance of many towns . |
7 | THE first Norwegian whalers have put to sea to hunt commercially for the first time since 1987 in defiance of a global moratorium . |
8 | Jinny remembered Bella 's words and understood them properly for the first time . |
9 | And for those few hours after she got home she found she could talk to her mother properly for the first time in over two years . |
10 | You gaze at each other properly for the first time . |
11 | Her mind was free to appreciate it properly for the first time . |
12 | Studying him now , dispassionately , without the emotional blindness of the aftermath of her accident , or the initial shock of finding that he was last night 's rescuer , it was like seeing him properly for the first time … |
13 | Sighing , she swivelled round , looking at the cabin properly for the first time . |
14 | I remember he laughed and I noticed properly for the first time what a lovely blue his eyes were and a little thrill went through me . |
15 | Morse looked at her now — perhaps properly for the first time . |
16 | And now to a village where the church bells have been rung properly for the first time in twenty years . |
17 | A REVOLUTIONARY new Siberian surgery technique could help people in Teesside suffering from bone problems walk properly for the first time . |
18 | A new theory linking familiarity , complexity , and liking for two special classes of objects will be tested rigorously for the first time . |
19 | The specifications of November 1939 became a reality just 43 years ago , when a CW pump evacuated model with sealing wax joints was switched on for the first time at the end of February 1940 , and operated successfully . |
20 | As a climax , you could arrange for some of the room lights to be switched off one by one before the tree-lights are switched on for the first time ( test them first ! ) . |
21 | For instance , a LAN operating system like NetWare or an appropriate environment like Windows for Workgroups can be largely pre-installed at the factory , with the remaining configuration being done via a fill-in-the-blanks , sign-on display when the thing 's switched on for the first time . |
22 | I was operated on for the first time when I was two or three weeks old . |
23 | Andy Mutch has been trying his new kit on for the first time today . |
24 | There was one in this show when Charity Barnum 's understudy went on for the first time . |
25 | on for the first time yesterday |
26 | If you attempt to pass the SPR on for the seventh time or to the same user twice , LIFESPAN will display an error message and you will not be allowed to pass it on . |
27 | The light will be left on for the whole time . |
28 | ‘ That 's enough for the first time . ’ |
29 | More than 20 years since he started flying , he went solo for the first time . |
30 | They said their father contacted them suddenly for the first time two months ago after walking out on them 18 years ago . |