Example sentences of "us for the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's a very contented baby , a joy to his parents and big sister , and today at nine weeks old ( 40+3 ) , he smiled at us for the first time . |
| 2 | Others were with us for the first time — students from the Darlington area . |
| 3 | This data set , coupled with extensive satellite observations , will give us for the first time a essentially a snapshot view of the behaviour of the ocean . |
| 4 | Finn 's Hotel will enable us for the first time to approach the encyclopedic Finnegans Wake with a true and not misleading knowledge of its origins and of the prototypes of its protagonists . |
| 5 | ‘ … and this is Folly , who will be joining us for the first time this weekend . |
| 6 | Will my hon. Friend confirm that , if the Government were to introduce proposals to toughen up sentencing policy — to impose stiffer sentences — we could look forward to Opposition Members agreeing with us for the first time ? |
| 7 | Well , I 've got , if you you just bear with me a moment , I still have one foot dragging in H one , but I thought we 'd got to the stage where in order to try and clarify thinking on the matter we ought to progress onto H two , erm , that just let me reveal the thinking , erm that , before I do that can I just say in terms of mechanics those of you who have just joined us for the first time , could you turn your name boards round so I can see them , thank you , and when you want to come in the normal practice is to put your name board on end , so it will attract our attention . |
| 8 | You will also find a splendid array of fine performers who are coming to us for the first time — many surely due to be favourites of the future . |
| 9 | We are unlikely to reach any definite agreement , but the debates will strengthen us for the next time , and weaken the impact of tangential arguments about policy presentation . |
| 10 | And he added , ‘ Please do n't send along the young pseudo-philosopher who will tell us for the umpteenth time that , of course , he fully understands the Bank 's attitude . |