Example sentences of "[noun prp] for the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 31 | Since Hick 's elevation to the Test team we 've seen England share the most successful series against West Indies in the last nine , win a series against New Zealand for the first time in four attempts , win a Test match against Pakistan for the first time in 10 years , and , for good measure , reach the World Cup final . |
| 32 | Dave meets Andy for the first time and says ‘ Nice to meet you . ’ |
| 33 | When I saw Jekub for the first time I thought , OK , this is what he used . ’ |
| 34 | Mr Alfred Nzo , general secretary of the ANC , said yesterday that he spoke to Mr Mandela for the first time in 26 years . |
| 35 | Angie Bowie : I actually met David for the first time when he was with feathers at the Roundhouse and I was with the European head of Mercury Records , a gentleman called Lou Reisner . |
| 36 | Talks took place between China and Taiwan for the first time since the Communists took control of China in 1949 and the former Nationalist government fled to Taiwan . |
| 37 | We can not win the Ryder Cup , the Curtis Cup , the Walker Cup in the United States for the first time again . |
| 38 | Useful pedigree CHICAGO ( AP ) — The Queen of England will race a horse in the United States for the first time in 35 years at Arlington International Racecourse . |
| 39 | You visited the United States for the first time in 1963 . |
| 40 | In 1975 , Laura visited the United States for the first time to see the San Francisco venture for herself . |
| 41 | The month-long finals , to be staged in the United States for the first time , will take place in nine cities , beginning on 17 June , 1994 . |
| 42 | JIM COURIER redeemed himself for past Davis Cup failures by beating Switzerland 's Jakob Hlasek in Fort Worth , Texas last night to clinch the Cup for the United States for the 30th time since 1900 . |
| 43 | And you had the impression he knew that would be the case as he raced down Jefferson Avenue for the first time . |
| 44 | Tan heard Bach and Beethoven for the first time , and ‘ totally forgot about myself ’ . |
| 45 | The House of Commons met on a Saturday for the first time since the war . |
| 46 | But that Saturday for the first time in his life , he invited his youngest son Patsy to attend the ball-game along with himself and his other three sons . |
| 47 | As well as being profitable and actually paying a dividend back to Detroit for the first time in years , Vauxhall is an important part of the GM empire for political reasons . |
| 48 | He returned to Syria for the first time in July 1992 to attend the funeral of his mother . |
| 49 | The work out to tender topped the £2,000 million mark in May for the third time since August of last year . |
| 50 | In the interests of maintaining " fair competition " between public and private providers and the efficient use of capital , a system of capital charges was introduced into the NHS for the first time , and all hospitals were made responsible for meeting the interest and depreciation costs of their existing assets and new investment . |
| 51 | I turned and saw Dorian Gray for the first time . |
| 52 | He was also still considerably lighter , although as he rolled his sleeves right up to the top of his arms , Ellie for the first time was aware of the amount of muscle he seemed to have gained . |
| 53 | On Saturday I sat there watching his team lose at home to Chelsea and listening to an Australian Evertonian who was back at Goodison for the first time since he emigrated in 1985 . |
| 54 | The son came to England for the first time in 1922 as a Rhodes scholar . |
| 55 | Today , South Africa play rugby in England for the first time in nearly 23 years when a line-up containing five current internationals faces the Midlands at Leicester 's Welford Road . |
| 56 | They will also be showered with gifts like top-of-the-range Mercedes cars and luxury apartments if they can spring a World Cup upset and beat England for the first time . |
| 57 | Many Irish women , including myself , who had come to England for the first time were truly shocked by the levels of anti-Irish racism directed at us . |
| 58 | Here he 'd smelt the air of England for the first time , the crisp October air ; here he 'd fed first , drunk first ; first had cause for laughter , and later , for tears . |
| 59 | The England captain is a level-headed man , and Javed Mianded , who turns 35 on June 12 , is a much matured person with the added responsibility of leading his team to England for the first time , although he has captained Pakistan in 28 previous Tests , winning 11 and losing five , the rest being drawn . |
| 60 | As pesticide concentrations in the environment fall , birds of prey are returning to areas of eastern England for the first time in decades . |