Example sentences of "first time [prep] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Joanna 's ex-boyfriend , Frank Tadgell , spoke for the first time about her disappearance last night . |
| 2 | Here she speaks for the first time about her ordeal to Margaret Hall . |
| 3 | Sheila Silcock has spoken for the first time about her anger when her son Ben was banned from a MIND drop-in centre in Roehampton , south-west London . |
| 4 | THE PARENTS of murdered toddler Jamie Bulger have spoken publicly for the first time about their tragedy and their new hopes for the birth of another child . |
| 5 | Talking for the first time about his ordeal , Brian says : ‘ They left me in no doubt I was a leading suspect . |
| 6 | De Gaulle said for the first time since their defeat , the French people had reason to hope for liberation . |
| 7 | THE parents of toddler James Bulger have spoken publicly for the first time since their son 's tragic death in February . |
| 8 | The words and their phrasing left no doubt that the princess had been placed under considerable pressure to speak out publicly for the first time since her marriage to Prince Charles . |
| 9 | For the first time since her escape she was very conscious of the fact that she had given birth only a month before and could even fancy she felt a pulling sensation where the fundament stitches had been . |
| 10 | ‘ Pleased to meet you , ’ she had responded , for the very first time since her arrival at Loch Lomond feeling unaccountably awkward and strange . |
| 11 | Laura had felt , for perhaps the first time since her husband 's reappearance in her life , the warmth of a shared companionship . |
| 12 | Kent , taking full advantage of the disciplinary action that ended the 11 year reign of Essex as boys ' champions , won the Midland Bank Junior County Cup for the first time since its inception in 1967 , at Bournemouth during April . |
| 13 | On May 6-8 , 1990 , the World Jewish Congress met on German soil for first time since its foundation in 1936 . |
| 14 | In elections to the National Assembly on April 26 [ see p. 36019 ] , the DJP emerged as the largest single party but failed to retain an overall majority for the first time since its formation in 1981 . |
| 15 | In elections to the National Assembly on April 26 , 1988 , the DJP emerged as the largest single party but failed to retain an overall majority for the first time since its formation in 1981 [ see pp. 36019-22 ] . |
| 16 | This is the first time since its formation in 1935 that the association has organised a trespass as part of its campaign . |
| 17 | Until then , Cambridge had looked set to record only their second win in 17 years and to take the trophy for the first time since its introduction by the present sponsors in 1987 . |
| 18 | It was the first time since its creation in 1949 that the Wills constituency had returned a non-ALP member . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | For the first time since his arrival , Wexford remembered that there was another child , a mongol , confined somewhere in an institution . |
| 21 | Sheldukher laughed heartily for the first time since his destruction of the Krondel constellation . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | DEFIANT Dave Beasant last night spoke for the first time since his week-end goalkeeping torment and insisted : ‘ I still want to play for Chelsea . ’ |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | ‘ For the last few months I 've really been feeling together , an integrated personality for the first time since my breakdown . |
| 26 | ‘ My name 's Stirling , ’ he said , almost as though we were meeting for the first time outside his Club in London . |
| 27 | These efforts have proved — regrettably — to be unsuccessful , and the essay is therefore printed here for the first time without its owner 's permission . |
| 28 | THE policeman whose hand was sewn back on after it was horrifically severed by a Samurai sword has spoken publicly for the first time of his ordeal . |
| 29 | Rubberneck , for the first time of his life ( he no longer wished to be a part , not when people fought as animals ) , felt close to God . |
| 30 | BEVERLY Hills 90210 heart-throb Luke Perry has spoken for the first time of his nightmare childhood with a drunken father who beat up his mother . |