Example sentences of "the first time in [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sutton , who missed with another header shortly afterwards , went on to squander two more excellent opportunities which could have kept alive Norwich 's hopes of going to the final for the first time in their history . |
| 2 | The win took Cambridge to the quarter-finals of the competition for the first time in their history , following their recent proud FA Cup record of reaching the quarter-finals each year from 1988-1990 . |
| 3 | It was also in 1883 , amidst considerable alarm about the increasing use of firearms by burglars , that the London police were armed for the first time in their history . |
| 4 | For the first time in their history the Tuareg — the largest tribe of Nomads in the Sahara Desert — recently delayed their annual migration for 10 days so as to catch the final episode of Dallas |
| 5 | They are even calling for strikes for the first time in their history . |
| 6 | Prison officers will be on strike across Scotland for the first time in their history . |
| 7 | Scottish prison officers are to strike for the first time in their history on November the fifth . |
| 8 | Glenn Hoddle back from Wembley , after helping the Robins clinch a place in the top flight for the first time in their history . |
| 9 | We 've got Swindon Town in the premier league for the first time in their history … |
| 10 | Carers are likely to be looking after a dying loved one for the first time in their life ; their anxieties may be greater than the patient 's . |
| 11 | But for the first time in their life together she rose , slipped on a dressing gown , and went down to join him . |
| 12 | The line-up for the fourth Grand Slam Finals of the Vauxhall Indoor Tennis Trophy reflects a mixture of old and new , as former champions Queen 's Club make the grade for the fourth time , whilst Royal Berkshire earn a place in the last four for the first time in their debut Trophy season . |
| 13 | As he unhesitatingly obeyed , she watched him , really examined him for the first time in their acquaintance . |
| 14 | Where this has happened , middle-level managers , according to Richards ( 1987 , p. 27 ) ‘ for the first time in their working lives ’ have been able ‘ to see a connection between the activity they were authorising and the cost of carrying it out ’ . |
| 15 | Now in a council bedsit , Barry and Diane Gammage are coming to terms with unemployment for the first time in their working lives . |
| 16 | For the first time in their acquaintanceship , Miss Fogerty was in charge . |
| 17 | Sung looked up , meeting Bergson 's cold grey eyes for the first time in their interview , then looked down again , understanding perfectly . |
| 18 | For the first time in their interview , a trace of her old defiance came back . |
| 19 | While her unpleasant husband shut himself in his room and wrote letters , she explored the island with Paul Masson and for the first time in her life ‘ tasted and touched the salt , the sand , the seaweed , the odorous soft bed of the receding sea , the dripping fish ’ . |
| 20 | An elderly English lady , with a tendency to pre-war propriety , who told me on the Friday that she was afraid it would all be ‘ another load of pretentious American rubbish ’ , said on Sunday that she had learned to open up for the first time in her life . |
| 21 | In her bedroom now , sipping her whisky , she acknowledged for the first time in her life that if she had to make a list of the happy times , it would properly have to include the hours she had spent with Graham in his garden . |
| 22 | About six months after the dinner party she realised that , for the first time in her life , she had turned down a decent journalistic commission in order to start work for a crazy old lady off Ladbroke Grove , whose garden specialised in old roses , and who was insistent about sterilising soil before new plantings . |
| 23 | Occasionally she could see a gleam in Rachel 's eye , as though she might suddenly ask him if his intentions were honourable , but for the first time in her life she learned to be grateful for her mother 's good manners . |
| 24 | As she ran up to her room she was , for the first time in her life , actively grateful to Phoebe and Rachel for their absolute laws of tidiness . |
| 25 | Suddenly , and for almost the first time in her life , apart from in her dreams , Marie felt that she was in a position of power . |
| 26 | It was the first time in her life she had ever hit anyone . |
| 27 | Maggie glanced at Laura , realizing for the first time in her life that she was stronger than her sister . |
| 28 | For the first time in her life Miss Fogerty was in command , and found she liked it . |
| 29 | Paula and Louise were looking lovely too — Paula in a little white top with a boat shaped neck and a bright turquoise circular skirt , Louise in a figure hugging number which left none of her curves to the imagination — but for the first time in her life Sally felt she could compete with them on equal terms . |
| 30 | For the first time in her life she felt as if the veil had been stripped from her idol and she was looking at the real person who hid away inside a beautiful body , seeing her through the eyes of others who had no family love for her to colour what they saw . |