Example sentences of "[vb past] for [art] first time since " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Dec. 29 the HCR met for the first time since the attempted coup and approved the new Cabinet , whose membership was announced the following day . |
| 2 | It rained for the first time since we arrived in Sian today ; There has been a drought all winter , and the townsfolk have been out into the countryside to help water the crops . |
| 3 | Meanwhile the patient , who has not been named , was making a rapid recovery and yesterday walked for the first time since the operation . |
| 4 | Charlie laughed for the first time since he had left Whitechapel and strolled over to a youth far smaller than himself who was rubbing his hands between his legs as he tried to keep warm . |
| 5 | In Washington on Aug. 24 bilateral negotiations in the ongoing peace process launched in Madrid in October 1991 [ see pp. 38513-15 ] resumed for the first time since the change of government in Israel [ see pp. 38945-47 ] . |
| 6 | Allen spoke for the first time since he had joined them . |
| 7 | She spoke for the first time since luncheon began : " Darling , your spinach , please . " |