Example sentences of "the first time [prep] his " in BNC.
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| 31 | Ali failed to go the route for the first time in his career . |
| 32 | He needed to do just that , for he was tired , morose and bitter and , for the first time in his life , feeling very insecure . |
| 33 | It 's the first time in his career he has n't come out on top . |
| 34 | For the first time in his career he had failed to produce the goods and that hurt his pride . |
| 35 | To his pleasant surprise he discovered that he was now able to think with an objective clarity which stemmed from the knowledge that he was now free for the first time in his life to speak his mind without fear or favour . |
| 36 | For the first time in his life he was free from corporate restraints , to say what he really thought . |
| 37 | He wanted to bask in the developing closeness he and Jordan were enjoying , surfing sensorial highs , and being utterly open , perhaps for the first time in his life . |
| 38 | Hitler reminded his audience of his grim ‘ prophecy ’ for the first time in his Reichstag speech on 30 January 1941 , and in 1942 returned to it in no fewer than four major addresses , on 30 January , 24 February , 30 September , and 8 November , as well as hinting at the destruction of the Jews in the war in his ‘ New Year Appeal ’ . |
| 39 | Less publicity shy was Stephen Quinn , publishing director of Vogue , the fashion magazine , who had voted Conservative for the first time in his life . |
| 40 | All nine of the European professionals in the field had made the cut and the biggest disappointment was Severiano Ballesteros , who , for the first time in his 16 appearances in the Masters , involving 60 rounds , failed to break 80 . |
| 41 | FOR THE first time in his career as kicker for the London Monarchs Phil Alexander was put in a pressure situation at Wembley on Saturday — and his missed field goal from 39 yards cost the reigning World League Champions victory against Birmingham Fire . |
| 42 | Nicky responded because , probably for the first time in his life , someone had shown trust in him and had treated him with respect . |
| 43 | He was wearing a tie for the first time in his life . |
| 44 | After all , if you had asked him , Boy would probably have said for the first time in his life , yes , thank you I am very happy . |
| 45 | As late as November 1927 he was revising poems for inclusion in Winter Words , the book with which he intended to mark his 90th birthday , but on 11 December , as Professor Millgate writes , ‘ he found himself , for the first time in his life , quite unable to work ’ . |
| 46 | He would , he realized , for the first time in his life have a socially acceptable problem . |
| 47 | He seemed embarrassed and stammered for the first time in his English . |
| 48 | Romantic love is the nearest most people reach to the peak experience , for the lover loses himself in the beloved and while he is in the state of love , he forgets all his problems and is happy for perhaps the first time in his life . |
| 49 | For the first time in his over-confident reign , Souness looked lost . |
| 50 | For the first time in his life he was aware of a blissful inner peace . |
| 51 | For the first time in his life Karelius realized how narrow was the gap separating him from his pagan ancestors , the Germanic warriors of a thousand years before . |
| 52 | For the first time in his life he had physically felt the colour drain from his face . |
| 53 | What they had n't realized was that this was a new Linford , stronger , fitter , faster than ever before and running in really ideal conditions for the first time in his life . |
| 54 | He 'd done something dishonest for the first time in his business life , and it sat uneasily on his conscience . |
| 55 | It was the first time in his life that he had slept out of doors ; as a boy , he and Jean-Paul had often pleaded to do this , and it had always been forbidden . |
| 56 | For the first time in his life , Jonadab Oaks was the only man in the house . |
| 57 | It was the first time in his 75 years that he had ever been a hospital patient . |
| 58 | Dale Gordon set foot in Scotland for the first time in his life yesterday to complete a £1.2 million move from Norwich to Rangers — took one look at the imposing new-look Ibrox which will become his home and admitted : ‘ I 'm gobsmacked ! ’ |
| 59 | For the first time in his life Brian did not want to be left alone with Celia . |
| 60 | And yet , in spite of the fatigue , he felt , good , as if for the first time in his life he had really stretched himself and grown up . |