Example sentences of "the first time [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hatton got knocked on the head the first time but the second time he was n't hurt , only tied up . ’ |
| 2 | I was very nervous when I went to meet Mr Wogan for the first time but the gentleman who drove the big car to the show was very nice and friendly . |
| 3 | Alone in bed I wondered for the first time whether the girl had been truly dead when we threw her into the river . |
| 4 | Those present on this unique occasion were well aware they were making history in riding a steam train on the electric line , the first time since a steam engine was used on the construction of the line in the last century ! |
| 5 | On Nov. 14 the white , black and plum-coloured flag of independent Georgia flew officially in Tbilisi ( the capital ) for the first time since a short-lived independent republic had been overthrown by the Bolshevik Red Army in 1921 . |
| 6 | Now , for the first time since the early Seventies the left has no power to tether the leadership on anything significant . |
| 7 | 3 STEVE BULL scored twice as England finished their European Championship Under-21 qualifying campaign with a flourish in Jastrzebie Zdruj , but they are still likely to miss out on a quarter-final place for the first time since the competition began 13 years ago . |
| 8 | Tens of thousands of East Berliners streamed to the West , unhindered for the first time since the Wall was put up 28 years ago . |
| 9 | For the first time since the survey was started six years ago , retailers , wholesalers and companies in the motor trade expect to cut investment in the coming year . |
| 10 | For the first time since the survey was started six years ago , retailers , wholesalers and companies in the motor trade expect to cut investment in the coming year . |
| 11 | The Christian Democrats got only 38.7% of the vote , against 45.1% four years ago , and are being booted out of the government for the first time since the state was founded 45 years ago . |
| 12 | Home ownership in America is falling for the first time since the Depression , just as the savings-and-loan collapse has made the government the largest single owner of property after foreclosing on bankrupt thrifts . |
| 13 | The children turned to face one another for the first time since the pastor had started to tell the story of the massacre . |
| 14 | The 1,000-strong Congress , which was meeting for the first time since the collapse of the Soviet Union , is the only body in the country that can change the constitution and other basic laws . |
| 15 | The Northamptonshire mansion reopens to the public this weekend for the first time since the death of his father . |
| 16 | Its aim is to promote a reunion of Czech Jews for the first time since the war . |
| 17 | By December 1982 , when Celtic lifted the League Cup for the first time since the mid-'70s , Nicholas had established himself as the young sensation of Scottish football . |
| 18 | Figures released for 1990 show , for the first time since the second world war , a very slight increase in Church of England membership , as well as an increase in those accepted for ordination . |
| 19 | Moments earlier 18-year-old Fisher came face to face with victim Mary Jo Buttafuoco for the first time since the doorstep shooting . |
| 20 | It was the first time since the store opened 80 years ago . |
| 21 | It is the first time since the split was announced six days ago that Diana has made any reference to the break-up . |
| 22 | The idea of being received at court for the first time since the childhood marriage , at first caused Anne much excitement . |
| 23 | Over the summer , for the first time since the outbreak of war , peace rallies were held in most parts of Britain and some 200,000 signatures were collected . |
| 24 | The average family pays nearly £2,000 a year in interest on debts and mortgages , but last year we ran our household budgets in the black for the first time since the mid-Eighties — and managed to tuck away £10.6 billion in savings . |
| 25 | Meanwhile the patient , who has not been named , was making a rapid recovery and yesterday walked for the first time since the operation . |
| 26 | But with 17 matches to go and key players returning , Strudwick believes his side can reach the big-time for the first time since the Rugby League began their bid to take the game beyond the confines of Yorkshire and Lancashire with the Fulham experiment back in the early eighties . |
| 27 | The board meets on Thursday for the first time since the row began and Mr Hussey , Mr Birt and Lord Barnett will be asked to explain the situation . |
| 28 | Last week , for the first time since the murder on July 15 , Alex 's 29-year-old dad Andre Hanscombe , was able to leave him alone with his grandmother for three hours . |
| 29 | She has the whip-hand for the first time since the cock-up over the separation when they had to apologise for making it known that the knives were out for the Duchess . |
| 30 | For the first time since the British and Italian colonisation in the 1890s , Somalia was free of external influence , but the inter-clan tensions suppressed and manipulated by Barré erupted into an anarchic and bitter civil war . |