Example sentences of "[verb] the first time [conj] " in BNC.
Next pageNo | Sentence |
---|---|
1 | But these were grassroots reggae music , and ‘ Catch A Fire ’ represents the first time that Marley — or indeed any reggae artist other than Jimmy Cliff — had ever been given the budget that a rock band got to record an LP . |
2 | Tonight , social services said nothing was done the first time because nobody believed the complaints . |
3 | The recommendation will be put by the ITF 's Rules of Tennis Committee to the Committee of Management in Paris in June and if accepted , it will travel to the Dominican Republic in September for presentation to the ITF Annual General Meeting , where , if it receives a ⅔ majority from delegates in attendance , it will become the first time that a new rule has been introduced since 1989 , when the tie break was standardised . |
4 | He could remember the first time that he 'd stepped outside into country darkness and closed the door behind him ; it was as if he 'd been struck blind with the click of the latch , and he 'd begun to panic at his inability even to tell which way was up . |
5 | A series of lectures organized by the National Arts Collections Fund focusing on creating and preserving collections and will be held during the fair ; it marks the first time that the NACF has initiated a project at a trade fair . |
6 | and you know the first time since we 've been married I 've been able to actually cook a roast dinner and washed up by two o'clock on |
7 | This represented the first time that all five states had agreed on all aspects of ending the Cambodian conflict . |
8 | 1991 saw the first time that the Open School was able to run a summer holiday programme which culminated in the performance of dance , music and drama work done by the children . |
9 | This year 's Republican Party primary elections mark the first time that the controversies of the past three years over the National Endowment for the Arts , the federal agency charged with arts support , have entered the realm of American presidential politics . |
10 | That marked the first time that solar neutrons were detected on the ground . |
11 | It marked the first time that an Offshore Division production platform has been used to process oil or natural gas from a third party well . |
12 | Running , screaming the first time and left two dead before they could creep back out of range of John Russell 's Spencer . |
13 | The provisions represent the first time that the Chinese Wall concept has been explicitly enshrined in statutory language in the US . |
14 | so that I could actually enjoy it more this time because it 's in , so much of a blur when you get married the first time that you 're caught up with it and you do n't really see what happens , I would like to get married all over again . |