Example sentences of "the first time about " in BNC.

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1 We talked for the first time about poetry , poets and our own poems :
2 Across the green , Doctor Lovell heard for the first time about the accident at the old people 's homes , and was magnanimous enough not to make any comment about Edward Young 's steps in front of his partners .
3 Some learn in this way for the first time about what goes on inside a university .
4 It was then that they disagreed for the first time about the terms of their verbal agreement and a serious rift developed between them .
5 Here she speaks for the first time about her ordeal to Margaret Hall .
6 Joanna 's ex-boyfriend , Frank Tadgell , spoke for the first time about her disappearance last night .
7 Talking for the first time about his ordeal , Brian says : ‘ They left me in no doubt I was a leading suspect .
8 ‘ It was the talk of the set — the rumour monitors were working overtime , ’ Jim said yesterday as he talked for the first time about the couple 's whirlwind romance .
9 Mrs Singh asked ‘ Do you have the same holiday ? ’ and then spoke for the first time about Balbinder .
10 Sheila Silcock has spoken for the first time about her anger when her son Ben was banned from a MIND drop-in centre in Roehampton , south-west London .
11 Ben 's mother Sheila Silcock writes for the first time about her experiences .
12 As she clambered over the steep Alpine meadows with Portia , she told her friend for the first time about Thomas and how he had helped her when she had nowhere to go .
13 She saw them for the first time about half way through the second week .
14 That is the view of Northern Ireland Economy Minister Robert Atkins who has spoken out for the first time about Mrs Major , wife of his long time friend , the Prime Minister .
15 The allegations , which coincided with the opening in October of a fatal accident inquiry into the Lockerbie air disaster [ see p. 37732 ] , raised questions for the first time about the widely held view that the bombing had been the work of a German-based cell of the PFLP-GC [ see pp. 37897-98 ] .
16 King Hussein delivered a televised speech to the nation on Nov. 5 in which he spoke publicly for the first time about his recent cancer surgery in the United States [ see p. 39118 ] , announcing that he would have to undergo further tests in the USA .
17 The following is a typical example of the character of the RAF as I saw it for the first time about a couple of months after I got to Baghdad .
18 The parachutist who crash-landed on a group of schoolchildren has been talking for the first time about what happened .
19 A man who suffered severe brain damage during an operation twenty six years ago has been talking for the first time about losing his fight for compensation .
20 THE PARENTS of murdered toddler Jamie Bulger have spoken publicly for the first time about their tragedy and their new hopes for the birth of another child .
21 Last night , members of Pringle 's family spoke for the first time about police handling of the siege .
22 THE TV presenter Fiona Armstrong yesterday spoke for the first time about why she has quit the breakfast station GMTV — and dismissed talk about the notorious ‘ F ( for fanciability ) factor ’ .
23 THE PRINCESS of Wales last night spoke out for the first time about the ‘ untrue and hurtful ’ allegations about friction between her , and the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh .
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