Example sentences of "the first time in [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She smiled for the first time in hours . |
| 2 | What lies in pieces around them represents , in effect , a unique private exhibition open to a lucky few who for the first time in generations have had the opportunity for hands-on experience of greatness . |
| 3 | In addition , for the first time in generations , as Table 4.2 indicates , there was an actual net inflow of population to Britain during the 1930s , a factor which would , of course , have increased Britain 's population growth rate . |
| 4 | For the first time in decades , the nation has a chance to decide what to do with it . |
| 5 | The point is , that for the first time in decades , the environmentalists have a powerful voice — and a Government which claims to listen . |
| 6 | FOR the first time in decades a litter of two ocelot kittens has been born at London Zoo . |
| 7 | In a million bathrooms , pores breathed sighs of relief as the trowelled-on layers of moisturiser , foundation , blusher , shaper , powder , eye liner , eye shadow , mascara , lashes , and lipstick were scraped off for the first time in decades . |
| 8 | Somewhere in this range , too , are those coincidences that give us an eerie spine-tingling feeling , like dreaming of a particular person for the first time in decades , then waking up to find that they died in the night . |
| 9 | But for the first time in decades the opposition parties are trying at least to look like a credible alternative government . |
| 10 | As pesticide concentrations in the environment fall , birds of prey are returning to areas of eastern England for the first time in decades . |
| 11 | In eastern Germany a female wolf has given birth to a cub for the first time in decades . |
| 12 | When everything had seemed to be sorting itself out , when the way ahead seemed , for the first time in ages , to be solid under her feet , Marie felt the path crumbling away in front of her . |
| 13 | Bronwen reported the next day that Owen had slept deeply for about six hours , and for the first time in ages had not woken up several times during the night to go to the toilet . |
| 14 | ‘ For the first time in ages they are tackling their problems in a sensible , mature manner without hysteria on one side and bloody-mindedness on the other . |
| 15 | She listened for the first time in ages , pouring herself another glass of wine , knowing she was drinking a little too much , but doing it out of a desire to annoy Luke . |
| 16 | Behind the sunglasses her eyes closed and she slept — and for the first time in ages slept dreamlessly . |
| 17 | It was the first time in ages he 'd demonstrated any kind of protectiveness towards her and she could n't help warming to that . |
| 18 | And as the afternoon wore on , she relaxed and talked freely for the first time in weeks . |
| 19 | He realised that for the first time in weeks he had not thought of school , Murray , Fairbrother or the wretched affair of the letter . |
| 20 | One of the boys was Charlie , who 'd bothered to turn up to school for the first time in weeks . |
| 21 | He understood at once why she had not told him ; he remembered the glass of milk in the café , and for the first time in weeks he was able to weep . |
| 22 | For the first time in weeks there was no mass of English soldiery on the terrace area , nor in the other visible encampments , although the tentage was still there , only a few enemy troops remaining between castle and town . |
| 23 | The first time in weeks that Doyle had had the chance to lazily watch a football match , and almost immediately the phone goes . |
| 24 | Christina felt herself relaxing with Elaine , and was enjoying the company of another female for the first time in weeks . |
| 25 | He made the effort to say something pleasant to his wife and they drank a glass of wine together for the first time in weeks . |
| 26 | For the first time in weeks the thought of her broken engagement had n't been lurking to ambush her . |
| 27 | I attend college for the first time in weeks . |
| 28 | Below me were Ribblehead and the viaduct , while to my right was Ingleborough which for the first time in days looked fresh and green instead of glowering and grey . |
| 29 | For the first time in days his eyes seemed to acknowledge her . |
| 30 | thinking in , in , in the context of our , of our mission , this town wide mission , well that 's Billy 's job , he 's better at it than I am , but its not his job , its my job as much as its his and its your job as much as its mine , we do not well to keep silent these men they were troubled by their sin of silence , perhaps you and I should be troubled by our sin of silence because the extension of that , and here 's the really great thing , as far as they were concerned , the ex the , the ongoing because they were troubled by their sin of silence and they did something about it , they were thrilled at the sight that they saw , as they see the city being delivered , and as they see starving men and women eating food perhaps for the first time in days or weeks , buying good wholesome food at a reasonable price , that was the sigh that thrilled them and you can imagine them , and I think they 'd be entitled to a little bit of pride that I 'm glad we told them , I 'm glad we went back and shared the news apart from any thing we could n't of coped with all ourselves , it would of been so wrong to of kept it , it would of been so wrong just to of eaten it ourselves , I 'm glad we went back and told them . |