Example sentences of "the first time since [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 Labour 's positive agenda opens up the prospect for the first time since we joined the Community in 1973 of Britain participating constructively in the European Community .
2 It rained for the first time since we arrived in Sian today ; There has been a drought all winter , and the townsfolk have been out into the countryside to help water the crops .
3 and you know the first time since we 've been married I 've been able to actually cook a roast dinner and washed up by two o'clock on
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 Val left him for the first time since they had set up house , and went briefly ‘ home ’ .
9 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 .
10 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 .
11 Jacko looked him in the eyes for the first time since they 'd met .
12 For the first time since they 'd come into the house , Roman turned his dark gaze directly on to her .
13 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 .
14 For the first time since they had left the house , he seemed rather less relaxed .
15 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 .
16 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 .
17 And the Tynesiders could be among the medals for the first time since they won the event in 1987 and 1988 .
18 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 .
19 In early July the waiting was broken by the excitement of Maggie coming home for the first time since she had left for London .
20 For the first time since she arrived in Rome , the connection came up immediately and she could hear Nora 's voice , distant but clear , at the other end .
21 For the first time since she iced her Dad , Jazzbeaux felt she really had a purpose on this dull earth .
22 For the first time since she 'd appeared she said his name , tentatively , as though in this darkness she 'd suddenly doubted he was real .
23 A light breeze made play with her skirts and , for the first time since she had arrived at Yelton , she wished she could let down her hair and feel the wind run its fingers through it .
24 For the first time since she had moved back into the house , she knew she could n't face an evening with Jacob .
25 He guided her every step of the way , and for the first time since she 'd joined C 's Circus she felt like a woman being seduced .
26 In fact she lay in the warm , dark grey shadows of her room quite at peace for the first time since she had come to Italy .
27 Jelka looked about her , letting herself relax for the first time since she had heard of the attack on the Project , drinking in the harmony of the garden .
28 She thought she might even be able to get a good night 's sleep for the first time since she had arrived at the house .
29 A sense of self-preservation cautioned her not to stick around , and before he could react she sprinted up to the house , feeling strangely exhilarated for the first time since she had left England .
30 ‘ Daddy , darling , ’ Alyssia said , smiling genuinely for the first time since she had stepped foot back on to English soil and kissing him on the tip of his nose , ‘ in your own cantankerous way , you 've put your finger right on the button . ’
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