Example sentences of "first time since they " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Val left him for the first time since they had set up house , and went briefly ‘ home ’ . |
| 6 | THE BIRTHDAY PARTY , the highly influential Australian band of the late '70s/early '80s , reunited for the first time since they split in 1983 at an NME -sponsored gig last week . |
| 7 | The triggers for Britain 's nuclear bombs were tested within their thick concrete walls and they housed the first experiments into radar.The buildings , on a remote spit of land on the Suffolk coast , may not be the oldest but they are certainly among the most historic and sinister in the ownership of the National Trust.They are on Orford Ness , a desolate wildlife haven , which has become the Trust 's latest acquisition at a cost of £3.5 million.Yesterday , in pouring rain and silence broken only by the eerie shriek of gulls , the buildings were shown to journalists for what is thought to be the first time since they were erected.Strands of barbed wire and a Ministry of Defence ‘ keep out ’ notice are now the only remaining evidence of the tight security , overseen by armed guards , which surrounded one of Britain 's most secret research establishments . |
| 8 | Jacko looked him in the eyes for the first time since they 'd met . |
| 9 | For the first time since they 'd come into the house , Roman turned his dark gaze directly on to her . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | For the first time since they had left the house , he seemed rather less relaxed . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | In some parts of the south-east , groundwater levels are lower than at any time since records began 200 years ago , with some boreholes in the Chiltern Hills drying up for the first time since they were sunk last century . |
| 14 | And the Tynesiders could be among the medals for the first time since they won the event in 1987 and 1988 . |
| 15 | 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 . |