Example sentences of "first time [conj] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the first time since they began the surveys , Dun and Bradstreet report a negative outlook for the profits of retailers , which indicates a gloomy outlook for consumer spending in the run-up to Christmas . |
| 2 | When they went through the first gate at the bottom of the hill they were out of people 's eyes for the first time since they had met . |
| 3 | A nine-year-old , he is the ideal age and will be ridden by Hywel Davies for the first time since they won the 1989 Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup . |
| 4 | After clinching the Bob Lord Trophy against Runcorn in midweek , Wycombe travel to Altrincham today hoping to relieve Colchester of the leadership for the first time since they went top five months ago . |
| 5 | Val left him for the first time since they had set up house , and went briefly ‘ home ’ . |
| 6 | THE BIRTHDAY PARTY , the highly influential Australian band of the late '70s/early '80s , reunited for the first time since they split in 1983 at an NME -sponsored gig last week . |
| 7 | The triggers for Britain 's nuclear bombs were tested within their thick concrete walls and they housed the first experiments into radar.The buildings , on a remote spit of land on the Suffolk coast , may not be the oldest but they are certainly among the most historic and sinister in the ownership of the National Trust.They are on Orford Ness , a desolate wildlife haven , which has become the Trust 's latest acquisition at a cost of £3.5 million.Yesterday , in pouring rain and silence broken only by the eerie shriek of gulls , the buildings were shown to journalists for what is thought to be the first time since they were erected.Strands of barbed wire and a Ministry of Defence ‘ keep out ’ notice are now the only remaining evidence of the tight security , overseen by armed guards , which surrounded one of Britain 's most secret research establishments . |
| 8 | Jacko looked him in the eyes for the first time since they 'd met . |
| 9 | For the first time since they 'd come into the house , Roman turned his dark gaze directly on to her . |
| 10 | Their spirits had parted , and though their bodies stayed together for a while longer , it was the first time since they had met that they found it difficult to talk . |
| 11 | For the first time since they had left the house , he seemed rather less relaxed . |
| 12 | KENNY MORRIS starred in his own version of ‘ Lethal Weapon ’ in front of the cameras yesterday as Holywood clinched the Harp Senior League Championship for the first time since they changed their name from Belfast YMCA in 1987 . |
| 13 | In some parts of the south-east , groundwater levels are lower than at any time since records began 200 years ago , with some boreholes in the Chiltern Hills drying up for the first time since they were sunk last century . |
| 14 | And the Tynesiders could be among the medals for the first time since they won the event in 1987 and 1988 . |
| 15 | After Arsenal had demolished Coventry City 3-0 at Highbury to take top place for the first time since they won the Championship in May 1991 , Graham said : ‘ It is no good looking back . |
| 16 | There was more in this vein as they turned right , and Mungo realized for the first time that they were actually heading into the forest . |
| 17 | It may be the first time that they have had to live alone and that a whole new way of life has to be taken on board at a time when they are emotionally upset and feeling the sadness of being parted from their son or daughter . |
| 18 | They walk onto court with untuned muscles and joints in cold weather and then wonder why they pull a muscle the first time that they stretch for the ball . |
| 19 | However , there were many instances cited where GPs felt that they could not ‘ help ’ users even when this was the first time that they had sought it . |
| 20 | There were complaints of inordinate delay such as to make a fair trial impossible ; that regulation 7 notices were served far too late ; that the police officers were not interviewed until a year later , that being the first time that they were notified of any specific allegations against them . |
| 21 | Everyone forms some sort of impression of a person the first time that they meet . |
| 22 | She noticed for the first time that they had stopped , and looking round , discovered that they were outside the house . |
| 23 | Or if somebody has a premiere it means it 's the first time that they do something . |
| 24 | Got the old watering can and then you get down on this plant , and then when they get a gist of that first time that they go whooo , you wake up in the morning , you 've got co , conifers like Jack and The Beanstalk coming |
| 25 | They may feel New York for the first time because its fast-dealing busyness is something the screen does n't catch and may smell it for the first time if they come in high summer but one of the great first sights of the world is gone for ever . |
| 26 | If someone was looking for The Bar in those days — because there was no name written up or sign for it , no lights at all , and not even a number on the door , Madame liked to keep it that way even when she did n't have to any more — I mean when she opened up we may all have been in a sort of hiding , and not many people knew about The Bar and our life there , but it was n't that way later , and now you know we can have lights and advertising and you see boys queueing up outside every night , very public , and I like to see that — but in those days , in those days if somebody arranged to meet you for a date there , and it was their first time and they were n't sure how to find us , you 'd joke with them , and you 'd say well first there is a wedding , and then there 's a death , and there 's the news , and then there 's us ; meaning , first there 's the shop with the flowers , the real ones , and next door to that is the undertaker 's with the fake flowers in the window , china , all dusty ; and then the newsagent 's and magazine shop , and then right next door to that is The Bar . |
| 27 | Much more cost effective is n't it if things to be done once rather than have to do reading them two or three times and generally the reason that things are repeated a number of times is that perhaps people are not really quite sure or not that that are systems , yet productivity the better trained people are people who can do things , get it right the first time and they can do more work ca n't they than somebody else you are not having to pick it up as the manager responsible and put mistakes right . |
| 28 | There were some boys out there for the first time and they were absolutely terrified . ’ |
| 29 | Lots of inquiries about Foster and Allen they 're coming on the programme later they 've just got number one for the first time with their new video with their new single I do n't know I 'm not quite sure we 'll find out when they get here well they 've just got number one for the first time and they 've been trying hard for a long time . |