Example sentences of "action for the [num ord] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | When , for example , establishment actor Raymond Massey saw James Dean in action for the first time on the set of East of Eden , emitting as he did a stream of sexual and genital adjectives , Massey stormed off the set declaring , ‘ I have never experienced anything like this in my entire life . |
| 2 | Manager Kevin Keegan was delighted by Kristensen 's form as the 28-year-old tasted 90 minutes of first-team action for the first time in more than a year . |
| 3 | After moving to Grimsetter and Hatston respectively , this unit embarked aboard the carrier HMS Indefatigable , and in the period July 14 to 19 , 1944 , took its Fireflies into action for the first time when they supported FAA raids on the German battleship Tirpitz by attacking gun positions and two German naval vessels . |
| 4 | Krabbe 's comeback GERMANY 'S double world sprint champion Katrin Krabbe will be back in action for the first time since the lifting of her doping ban , at a meeting on her home Neubrandenburg track on June 13 . |
| 5 | To add to Darlington 's problems , centre Steve Ellis was injured in the second half and club skipper Mark Layfield was called into action for the first time in two months following injury . |
| 6 | Robson swooped back into Premier League action for the first time since 6 December , but his 14-minute cameo appearance was not long enough for the rusty 36-year-old to re-charge a championship bid which is going rapidly flat . |
| 7 | When Operation Gentle Shepherd swung into action for the second time , five of the six sperm whales were coaxed by 14 rescue vessels between the islands of Swona and South Ronaldsay and were heading for the Pentland Firth when they dived beneath the waves . |