Example sentences of "first [coord] last time " in BNC.
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| 1 | We also thought that on the feast of St Thomas More , June 24th it would be a good idea to celebrate the feast in the evening in the school hall when we can all gather to meet for the first or last time and say ‘ Hello ’ and ‘ Good-bye ’ as appropriate . |
| 2 | In 1970 , his hard times continued : not for the first or last time in his career , he found himself in trouble with the authorities , being disqualified twice , once when he was winning and once when he was in second place . |
| 3 | Our needs conflicted — not for the first or last time in our lives . |
| 4 | Yes , he was , said the Australian , not for the first or last time thinking on his feet . |
| 5 | It was the first and last time they have had such privacy and they returned to Balmoral to join the Royal Family for their traditional September break , tanned , relaxed and obviously very much in love . |
| 6 | It was the first and last time they have ever had such privacy |
| 7 | In the interviews afterwards I lost my temper for , I think , the first and last time in the dispute . |
| 8 | After the dramatic crowning of Charles — the first and last time that a pope paid homage to the new Emperors of the West — came a period of reinforcement of his new status . |
| 9 | Grandad had never been hooked , but on this occasion , he grabbed a Blue Zulu , went off like a rocket and soon broke the cast ; that was about ten years ago : the first and last time anyone came near to catching him . |
| 10 | This , perhaps the most tragic of all goals seen at Wembley , sent the Cup out of England for the first and last time . |
| 11 | It was the first and last time I was to fly on one of its mercy missions . |
| 12 | It is sad that Orwell should have been bedridden and dying when he met Waugh , for the first and last time . |
| 13 | A pity Orwell and Waugh found no chance to discuss such weighty questions when they met , for the first and last time , in 1949 . |
| 14 | One symptom of the pope 's embarrassment is that for the first and last time he made a concession to Anselm on the subject of the primacy of Canterbury , which we must deal with later . |
| 15 | Touring America for the first and last time , the group squabbled incessantly , among themselves and with McLaren , leading John Lydon finally to quit the group . |
| 16 | For the first and last time in my life I saw my father in tears . |
| 17 | She wrote that she was dying of a fever , and asked him to visit her for the first and last time . |
| 18 | June said it was her first and last time while Valerie described the jump as the thrill of her life . |
| 19 | Soon her ordeal would be over and she vowed it was the first and last time she would act as model . |
| 20 | Martinho had lost no time in recounting the true details of Osvaldo 's moment of weakness , the point at which he 'd flipped his lid for the first and last time in his career , that murderous aberration which had been the doom of old friend and new foe alike . |
| 21 | ‘ There was the time I turned up at the Arts Lab ( first and last time ) to see the Dylan film and could n't afford it . |
| 22 | I found that I put them back into their correct order with ease and , for the first and last time , achieved some distinction in the marking . |
| 23 | Hilary particularly remembers ‘ … the mesmeric Senta , whose teaching was so brilliant that Rata Quick and I both achieved the splits for the first and last time in our lives , with no untoward effects ! ’ . |
| 24 | My father 's tour with 112 Squadron finished at the end of May and on the 31st Sgt Pilot Davis flew FX740 for the first and last time , sadly being shot down by ack-ack in the vicinity of Frosinone , south of Rome . |
| 25 | Fashanu is still included in Hearts squad to face Partick Thistle tomorrow and may partner Mo Johnston for the first and last time as John Robertson is almost certainly out . |
| 26 | They had done so by being in the right place at the right time , for the first and last time in their history . |
| 27 | As far as she was concerned , today was the first and last time that she and Luke Calder would ever meet . |
| 28 | But this is likely to be the first and last time Witney sees the Hungarian State Circus … in February , the town council , banned circus with animals from using its land … and Witney Town Council where the big top 's been pitched is to be redevloped … leaving no large town centre site . |
| 29 | This is the first and last time anything like battle conditions have been seen at RAF Kemble . |