Example sentences of "the first time [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the bedroom she had done everything that Tom Horrocks had bidden her , reflexively , without panic ; yet she had known herself for the first time up against the frailty of the human organism — ; the mess of it , the degradation . |
| 2 | In February '91 Tony started an essay on Arafat , ‘ I hooked up with him on two different occasions , over the course of a couple months , trying to do a photo-essay on him ; which was probably the most ridiculous thing to do the first time out of the box for a while — talk about a third-rate Keystone kops movie , with me as the star ! ’ |
| 3 | An exhibition that brings together ( for the first time in over a century ) the Pre-Raphaelites ' paintings , sculpture and decorative arts that decorated the houses of the region 's Victorian industrialists and entrepreneurs . |
| 4 | The old man , propped in his chair for the first time in over a month , laid a trembling hand on the babe 's head . |
| 5 | These two documents provided , for the first time in over a century , a summary of the various arguments on the subject of a national audit office . |
| 6 | Large areas of western Scotland , mid- and North Wales and the upland zones of the North and South West of England have exhibited population gains , in some cases for the first time in over a century . |
| 7 | For the first time in over a month Charles felt certain that he had n't lost interest in sex . |
| 8 | Now , for the first time in over a decade there is uncertainty over the Chelsea veteran 's inclusion . |
| 9 | The new synthetic pitch at the Jordanstown campus has attracted the prestigious tournament to Northern Ireland for the first time in over a decade , and the impressive facilities at the campus will be used together with the new pitch at Valley Leisure Centre . |