Example sentences of "[prep] the [adj] time ever " in BNC.
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| 1 | Accordingly for the only time ever I briefed Quintin Hogg ( as he then was ) . |
| 2 | ‘ This genuine shortage is occurring for the first time ever . |
| 3 | Omi looked steadily at Erika for a long moment , and looking back into Omi 's fine , hooded eyes , Erika sensed for the first time ever , not merely that Omi was an old woman who walked rather slowly , was glad of help in undressing , and who , on days when her arthritis was very bad , needed her meat cutting for her . |
| 4 | In his comprehensive Apples Of England , Dr Taylor states that ‘ In England this variety only reaches full maturity in years of hot summers , ’ and goes on to say that ‘ Indeed , November- December-picked Sturmers are the best , ’ and , with a basket-full of fine specimens picked for the first time ever in the latter month , I agree . |
| 5 | Concerned at the rapid expansion of the hunt , and the declining stocks of small cetaceans around the coastline , the Iwate Prefecture in January 1989 instituted a licensing system , so that for the first time ever , the hunt could be regulated . |
| 6 | At the June elections , for the first time ever , they got together to block roads and occupy sites , demanding more land , and money for bilingual education . |
| 7 | For the first time ever , the EC is forging an internal market large enough to offer America equivalent access and to support airlines that are really competing . |
| 8 | For the first time ever performance targets will be set , widely published and rigorously monitored ; fare levels will reflect the standards set ; and discounts will be paid to regulate travellers where performance targets are not met . |
| 9 | A cold came out after three days , she complained ( for the first time ever ! ) to her husband about doing his books and she put the house up for sale . |
| 10 | The most significant change in the new standard is the inclusion , for the first time ever , of a frost test . |
| 11 | For the first time ever in Britain , CS gas was fired at rioters by the police . |
| 12 | Thanks to changes in the law , for the first time ever , TVTimes will more than live up to its name and publish all the television times of not only ITV and Channel 4 , but BBC 1 & BBC 2 as well as Satellite TV . |
| 13 | For the first time ever , in a giant film format , you can journey to the Earth 's last great wilderness . |
| 14 | Quite frankly , the accompaniment to Paganini Concertos is never likely to take a particularly high priority in any basic recommendation ; but for the first time ever , I found myself listening almost exclusively to the accompaniment — I honestly wish I had n't ! |
| 15 | The sliding glass panel was open for the first time ever . |
| 16 | Produced by the ever-dependable Hugh Jones , it features — for the first time ever — live drums by Dan . |
| 17 | For the first time ever the AAA Indoor Championships in Birmingham moved from ITV to Sky Television . |
| 18 | ‘ For the first time ever she had the figure she always wanted and wanted to share it with her fans , ’ said a friend . |
| 19 | For the first time ever , my pride got the better of me and I desperately looked round for some means of defending myself . |
| 20 | His two goals helped Vale beat local rivals Stoke for the first time since 1956 and for the first time ever in the FA Cup . |
| 21 | And here , for the first time ever on a decorative plate by Coalport , a pair of lively Robins pay tribute to the works of one of the most respected bird illustrators of all time . |
| 22 | Latest figures revealed by the Government yesterday show that in 1990 and 1991 , for the first time ever , no child had died from measles , and last year no child died from whooping cough , again for the first time . |
| 23 | Seventy boys and girls from U6 to U14 played rugby — most of them for the first time ever . |
| 24 | To their credit the Springboks took a leaf out of the Wallaby book by holding their Friday training session before the test in a township for the first time ever . |
| 25 | For the first time ever in Germany , Chillida , who normally works with museums in Spain , will be exhibiting pieces from his private collection . |
| 26 | For the first time ever Unix is teetering on the brink of real consolidation , with all its hopes focused on a humble billionaire businessman who wears $180 suits , plays golf with $90 clubs from a discount outlet and bought Unix in time for Christmas . |
| 27 | Fiat 's cultural showplace , the Palazzo Grassi , collaborates for the first time ever with a Venetian museum and produces an exhibition that is beautiful but misses the mark |
| 28 | The only thing these artists have in common is their gallery of origin the Bachelier-Cardonsky of Kent , Connecticut , USA which has sent their work for the first time ever to Paris where it can be seen at Gianna Sistu for a month . |
| 29 | My period was late for the first time ever . |
| 30 | But she had never realized quite how much knowledge she had assimilated until today , until she had been forced into conversation for the first time ever with a total stranger . |