Example sentences of "first time [prep] his [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was also a problem which enabled Labour 's new young leader , Neil Kinnock , to make his mark , perhaps for the first time since his election in October 1983 . |
| 2 | Sheldukher laughed heartily for the first time since his destruction of the Krondel constellation . |
| 3 | For almost the first time since his reappearance in her life Laura found herself wondering whether she and Ross could have done anything to save their marriage all those years ago . |
| 4 | Helena and Patrick Keegan will visit the country where their son , Paul , died in a battle to liberate it , for the first time since his death in February 1991 . |
| 5 | ‘ My name 's Stirling , ’ he said , almost as though we were meeting for the first time outside his Club in London . |
| 6 | The sense of failure that haloed his bowed head made Clare conscious for the first time of his identity as a person . |
| 7 | Only when Bert Rafferty was called to give evidence did Harriet Tremayne show any sign of breaking down , as she listened for the first time to his description of exactly what had happened on that harrowing morning . |
| 8 | Tubby was sitting up straight , shoulders back , head raised , looking for the first time in his visit like the confident soldier he had been . |
| 9 | FOR THE first time in his career as kicker for the London Monarchs Phil Alexander was put in a pressure situation at Wembley on Saturday — and his missed field goal from 39 yards cost the reigning World League Champions victory against Birmingham Fire . |
| 10 | And then , for the first time in his place of birth , he read The Dry Salvages which opens with the Mississippi , the river which had so impressed his childish imagination . |