Example sentences of "the first time [pron] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 On Jan. 27 the Pakistan government announced for the first time its full support for the UN peace plan [ see p. 38194 ] and the conference , and called upon the mujaheddin to follow its lead .
2 Babies were not the only people whose rights were being demanded at the end of the Second World War ; other groups , too , submerged in anonymous poverty through years of unemployment , had in wartime received for the first time their fair share both of work and of food , and were now making it clear that neither malnutrition nor the grinding degradation of worklessness could any longer be tolerated by the ‘ lower classes ’ of the victorious nations .
3 It 'll be the first time somebody fucking kick in the head !
4 He followed her into the sitting room , and noticed for the first time his packed bag .
5 This he did , and it was then that I experienced for the first time his unexpected propensity for one-liners , conjured out of thin air .
6 The first time your little bit of news gets on the Six o'clock News or your client is a member of a panel discussion , you will have arrived professionally .
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