Example sentences of "this [prep] the first time " in BNC.
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1 | This for the first time established boards representing employers and workers to fix minimum wages in the largely ununionized ‘ sweated ’ industries . |
2 | Hazel and his companions had spent the night doing everything that came unnaturally to them , and this for the first time . |
3 | This for the first time drew explicit attention to the contradiction between the order EX 77268 of 17 May , the " Distone order " , that " Chetniks and dissident Jugoslavs " should be evacuated to Italy , and the agreement reached by 5 Corps that they should be handed over : " Ref F 77268 of 17 [ the Distone order ] . |
4 | Wycliffe did not prompt her but her mother , evidently hearing all this for the first time , had no such scruples . |
5 | This is because the students will be dealing with this for the first time and this is thought to be a clearer presentation . |
6 | Remember you 're going into this for the first time . |
7 | Janet Bond , 42 , hospital employee ( left ) : ‘ I remember all this from the first time round ! |