Example sentences of "the first time in three [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , for the first time in three decades , Mr Wolski had reached out his hands and touched the eagle he had loved and who had given him such comfort for so long . |
| 2 | Rachel flopped exhausted into the long white sofa and wrote a long letter to Jenny , pouring her heart out for the first time in three weeks , telling her everything that had happened since she left . |
| 3 | The offices are frequently used for functions , but for the first time in three months there were no special events on Friday . |
| 4 | NICK FARR-JONES picked up a ball for the first time in three months and reminded everyone that he is the world 's best scrum-half . |
| 5 | FOR THE first time in three years Steffi Graf was yesterday reminded what it feels like to leave a tournament a quarter-final loser when West Germany were beaten 2-1 by Czechoslovakia in the Federation Cup here . |
| 6 | The yen fell too , pushing the total market capitalisation of the Tokyo exchange beneath that of the New York exchange for the first time in three years . |
| 7 | As investors and the better-paid alike give thanks for their deliverance , that most essential and intangible ingredient for economic recovery — confidence — is suddenly present for the first time in three years . |
| 8 | In the depth of the recession , with the motor industry suffering more than most , Rover is introducing night shifts for the first time in three years . |
| 9 | The good times have returned at Rover , and yesterday the company announced it was reintroducing night-shift working at its Cowley plant in Oxford for the first time in three years . |
| 10 | Last week he walked upstairs for the first time in three years and just burst into tears . |
| 11 | He was thrilled about the prospect of seeing Candy , 37 , for the first time in three years . |
| 12 | Clive Smott ( 59 ) was formerly with Princess Eugene Road Garage Reserves and has agreed to come out of retirement and put on his boots for the first time in three years . |
| 13 | Bates back at Roland Garros for the first time in three years opens his challenge against Ctislav Dosedel of the Czech Republic , a player ranked nine places lower on the world computer at 111 . |
| 14 | Commenting on the Khmer Rouge position at the talks , the Independent of June 27 said that for the first time in three years of diplomacy , the group appeared " unsure of themselves , and nervous of being outmanoeuvred " . |
| 15 | Back on the grid for the first time in three years is derek warwick … he 's racing for the Milton Keynes Footwork team |
| 16 | The bells of an Oxford church are ringing again for the first time in three years . |
| 17 | The result is a bucking of current trends with the growth in spending outstripping rises in income for the first time in three years . |
| 18 | BAe has announced it wants to recruit apprentices at its Broughton factory for the first time in three years . |
| 19 | Amid all the gloom of redundancies and take-over deals , BAe has announced it wants to recruit apprentices at its Broughton factory for the first time in three years . |
| 20 | Even the bookmakers lost faith in the world champion who began the event without the status of favourite for the first time in three years . |
| 21 | CAR crime on Merseyside has dropped for the first time in three years but the rate is still one offence every 20 minutes . |
| 22 | CAR crime on Merseyside has dropped for the first time in three years but there is still one offence every 20 minutes . |
| 23 | The pain 's almost gone , for the first time in three days . |
| 24 | ENGLAND 'S Colts emulated their seniors for the first time in three seasons at the Parc de Pugh in Brecon by toppling the Welsh Youth in no uncertain fashion . |