Example sentences of "first time [prep] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last night , members of Pringle 's family spoke for the first time about police handling of the siege . |
| 2 | Yesterday afternoon the New York markets opened for the first time since Friday night and saw that sterling had weakened about 9 pfennigs since then . |
| 3 | The horse was racing for the first time for Epsom trainer Roger Ingram having previously run in Ireland for Joanna Morgan . |
| 4 | I flew it for the first time to Dupage Airport to replace the ninety-channel radio with a 720-channel unit , then on to Janesville , Wisconsin , for paint work and a new headliner . |
| 5 | ‘ I heard it for the first time on Saturday morning . ’ |
| 6 | Susan came downstairs for the first time on Christmas Eve , and was genuinely delighted to see how pretty Breeze had made the sombre old dining-room . |
| 7 | ‘ As the Sun now recognises , the publication did cause personal offence to the Queen but it also caused offence amongst those who prefer to hear or see Her Majesty 's Christmas Message for the first time on Christmas Day . ’ |
| 8 | The allowance can not normally be paid for the first time after pension age because it is regarded as overlapping with the retirement pension . |
| 9 | The Prix de l'Avenir — Marne la Vallée , worth F30,000 was won for the first time by kayak paddler Bernard Bregeon . |
| 10 | Oil production overtook coal production in 1979/80 ( in thermal value terms ) for the first time in UK history and in 1983 exceeded it by more than 70% . |
| 11 | For the first time in computer history , the US is to drop one of its standards , in favour of the International Standards Organisation 's ( ISO ) Graphic Kernel System ( GKS ) . |
| 12 | With the elements as slaves , then for the first time in history slavery will be abolished . |
| 13 | At least the accountants were happy , as for the first time in England match receipts passed the £l million mark . |
| 14 | He added : ‘ For the first time in energy policy history , the environment will govern our energy policy . |