Example sentences of "the first [noun sg] since [pers pn] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was the first year since he became leader of his party six years ago that Mr Kinnock was relieved of his preoccupation with an ungovernable party and was able to turn his attention properly to the government of the country . |
| 2 | It rained for the first time since we arrived in Sian today ; There has been a drought all winter , and the townsfolk have been out into the countryside to help water the crops . |
| 3 | Labour 's positive agenda opens up the prospect for the first time since we joined the Community in 1973 of Britain participating constructively in the European Community . |
| 4 | When they went through the first gate at the bottom of the hill they were out of people 's eyes for the first time since they had met . |
| 5 | Val left him for the first time since they had set up house , and went briefly ‘ home ’ . |
| 6 | Their spirits had parted , and though their bodies stayed together for a while longer , it was the first time since they had met that they found it difficult to talk . |
| 7 | For the first time since they had left the house , he seemed rather less relaxed . |
| 8 | Jacko looked him in the eyes for the first time since they 'd met . |
| 9 | After clinching the Bob Lord Trophy against Runcorn in midweek , Wycombe travel to Altrincham today hoping to relieve Colchester of the leadership for the first time since they went top five months ago . |
| 10 | For the first time since they began the surveys , Dun and Bradstreet report a negative outlook for the profits of retailers , which indicates a gloomy outlook for consumer spending in the run-up to Christmas . |
| 11 | A nine-year-old , he is the ideal age and will be ridden by Hywel Davies for the first time since they won the 1989 Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup . |
| 12 | And the Tynesiders could be among the medals for the first time since they won the event in 1987 and 1988 . |
| 13 | After Arsenal had demolished Coventry City 3-0 at Highbury to take top place for the first time since they won the Championship in May 1991 , Graham said : ‘ It is no good looking back . |
| 14 | KENNY MORRIS starred in his own version of ‘ Lethal Weapon ’ in front of the cameras yesterday as Holywood clinched the Harp Senior League Championship for the first time since they changed their name from Belfast YMCA in 1987 . |
| 15 | In early July the waiting was broken by the excitement of Maggie coming home for the first time since she had left for London . |
| 16 | A light breeze made play with her skirts and , for the first time since she had arrived at Yelton , she wished she could let down her hair and feel the wind run its fingers through it . |
| 17 | For the first time since she had moved back into the house , she knew she could n't face an evening with Jacob . |
| 18 | In fact she lay in the warm , dark grey shadows of her room quite at peace for the first time since she had come to Italy . |
| 19 | Jelka looked about her , letting herself relax for the first time since she had heard of the attack on the Project , drinking in the harmony of the garden . |
| 20 | She thought she might even be able to get a good night 's sleep for the first time since she had arrived at the house . |
| 21 | A sense of self-preservation cautioned her not to stick around , and before he could react she sprinted up to the house , feeling strangely exhilarated for the first time since she had left England . |
| 22 | ‘ Daddy , darling , ’ Alyssia said , smiling genuinely for the first time since she had stepped foot back on to English soil and kissing him on the tip of his nose , ‘ in your own cantankerous way , you 've put your finger right on the button . ’ |
| 23 | Next morning , for the first time since she had started at G.W. , she arrived late , almost too terrified to step across the threshold . |
| 24 | He looked at McAllister for the first time since she had begun to help him , and saw her strained white face , the eyes enormous in it . |
| 25 | It was the direction of her life she was questioning , for the first time since she had settled on a career . |
| 26 | He looked as if he was going to protest , but his eyes caught her face , and for the first time since she had known him Nelson was one hundred per cent a grown-up . |
| 27 | For the first time since she 'd appeared she said his name , tentatively , as though in this darkness she 'd suddenly doubted he was real . |
| 28 | He guided her every step of the way , and for the first time since she 'd joined C 's Circus she felt like a woman being seduced . |
| 29 | His voice had deepened , the words becoming more guttural as for the first time since she 'd met him he seemed to struggle with a language which was not his own . |
| 30 | For the first time since she 'd met him there was genuine warmth in his eyes , concern robbing his features of their normal granite harshness . |