Example sentences of "it for the [adj] time " in BNC.

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31 The expletive sounded strange to the sergeant on Blanche 's lips , as if she were hearing it for the first time .
32 He had one made up , used it for the first time in the 1989 Jersey Open and finished joint fifth , 5-under par and only two behind play-off victor Christy O'Connor Jnr .
33 ‘ Often the man is the only breadwinner and without him the family has to rely on state benefits — the social security system can be horrendous if you 're using it for the first time .
34 ‘ I heard it for the first time on Saturday morning . ’
35 Charles found he was watching much of the play as if seeing it for the first time .
36 As he said it for the first time a smile flickered across his face , and in that instant his features were totally transformed .
37 Revisiting it for the first time , he recalls his high hopes when an angel with marketing skills appeared .
38 The employee had conceived the idea for the valve in March 1985 and was able to test it for the first time several months later ; the employer applied for a UK patent in March 1986 ; and three years later the employee applied for compensation .
39 They may feel New York for the first time because its fast-dealing busyness is something the screen does n't catch and may smell it for the first time if they come in high summer but one of the great first sights of the world is gone for ever .
40 The web of diplomatic contacts which had developed in western and central Europe over the last 200 or more years was now being extended further east by the full incorporation in it for the first time of the great new emerging state of Russia : henceforth events in eastern Europe were to be far more significant in the calculations of statesmen in the west than ever in the past .
41 Ludo notices it for the first time , and asks what he can do for me .
42 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 .
43 this morning when , where we all watched it for the first time together and as , as Richard said you know , I 'm , I 'm squeamish about going to the dentist , so , and it cos er , it 's basically there 's a scene in the bar where they 're pulling this guy 's tooth out
44 That product there already either exists or we 're going to do it for the first time for an estate agent
45 I 'm not complaining about it , but I say I did n't raise it for the first time
46 The Economic League report on The Present Trend of Communism in Britain alleged that " the Communist Party has made full use of the Left Book Club , enabling it for the first time to make effective contact with some 50,000 members of the middle class " .
47 My sister had a baby about three months ago , and I met it for the first time when I went home . ’
48 to , to erm to try and remember what it was like when you read it for the first time .
49 Has anybody read it for the first time for this course ?
50 Because I have on good information and I 'll say it for the first time on this programme , I intend to give this in my evidence tomorrow , that Rover intend to close not the south works first , but the north works first .
51 Putting their dinner on the table , Trent reached for the photograph and studied it for the umpteenth time since finding it on Don Roberto 's piano — his mother , and the Colonel as a young man .
52 This back parlour , Hope thought , as he entered it for the third time that day , is like a little theatre : Act I , Colonel Moore ; Act II , Amaryllis ; Act III
53 In fact , a musical dedicated to Elvis is on tour , giving two fans the chance to see it for the FORTIETH time .
54 And on sex he notes : ‘ The older women are best because they always think they may be doing it for the last time . ’
55 And on sex he notes : ‘ The older women are best because they always think they may be doing it for the last time . ’
56 I went back to my office and shut myself into it for the last time .
57 She stood up and looked round the room as though she were leaving it for the last time .
58 Now , while Anna slept , she read it for the tenth time .
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