Example sentences of "for the first time in over " in BNC.

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1 For a while Broad and Tavaré defended well , but then suddenly Holding , for the first time in over a year , decided to go back to his full-length run-up , without even having told Lloyd what he intended to do .
2 Demolition trains became a regular sight on Sundays during 1987 however , and for the first time in over 30 years it was possible to photograph trains without the hindrance of electric stanchions .
3 In March 1992 I returned to New Zealand for the first time in over a dozen years , to sample again what light aviation there has to offer visitors .
4 Sales of prime London properties are picking up and the latest quarterly bulletin from the London Research Centre shows that for the first time in over a year , average prices have not fallen .
5 As remaining male stragglers dragged their shocked bodies out and past the ‘ Men Only ’ sign , the women relaxed and , for the first time in over a quarter of a century , Irish women 's bodies felt the pleasure of sea and hot rocks in the Forty Foot at Sandycove .
6 ON THURSDAY May 14 , GWR 4-4-0 No 3440 ‘ City of Truro ’ returned to her ‘ home town ’ , or rather ‘ home city ’ , for the first time in over thirty years .
7 Once more , for the first time in over 45 years , Dan Knight was back in England , back in the pilot 's seat of a B–17 that bore the name Mary Alice in the familiar yellow letters edged in red on the nose .
8 And for those few hours after she got home she found she could talk to her mother properly for the first time in over two years .
9 For the first time in over sixteen years , Elaine showed some signs of interest in him !
10 For the first time in over forty years someone had humbled him on the board he considered his own .
11 Worthy of note was the fact that for the first time in over 20 years we had a pensioner member playing in the event and whilst he does not want his name or score noted .
12 After the attempt various constitutional clauses were suspended and press and television censorship was imposed for the first time in over 30 years to exclude media coverage of coup leader Chávez Frías .
13 All the rugby roads lead to Twickenham this weekend … where England are playing South Africa for the first time in over 20 years …
14 Highly-rated midfielder Gary Owers could also start a game for the first time in over three months , depending on Bracewell 's condition .
15 BRITAIN 'S unemployment soared above 2.6 million for the first time in over four years yesterday after a bigger than expected surge in the number of people out of work .
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