Example sentences of "the first time since [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 Val left him for the first time since they had set up house , and went briefly ‘ home ’ .
5 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 .
6 For the first time since they had left the house , he seemed rather less relaxed .
7 Jacko looked him in the eyes for the first time since they 'd met .
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 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 .
11 And the Tynesiders could be among the medals for the first time since they won the event in 1987 and 1988 .
12 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 .
13 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 .
14 In early July the waiting was broken by the excitement of Maggie coming home for the first time since she had left for London .
15 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 .
16 For the first time since she had moved back into the house , she knew she could n't face an evening with Jacob .
17 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 .
18 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 .
19 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 .
20 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 .
21 ‘ 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 . ’
22 Next morning , for the first time since she had started at G.W. , she arrived late , almost too terrified to step across the threshold .
23 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 .
24 It was the direction of her life she was questioning , for the first time since she had settled on a career .
25 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 .
26 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 .
27 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 .
28 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 .
29 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 .
30 She could see it in his face , his guard , for the first time since she 'd known him , completely lowered .
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