Example sentences of "first [noun] since [pers pn] had " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the ensuing proceedings the local authority were the applicants , W. 's aunt was first respondent since she had parental responsibilities concurrently with those of the local authority and W. was the second respondent by the Official Solicitor as her guardian ad litem . |
| 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 | Val left him for the first time since they had set up house , and went briefly ‘ home ’ . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | For the first time since they had left the house , he seemed rather less relaxed . |
| 6 | In early July the waiting was broken by the excitement of Maggie coming home for the first time since she had left for London . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | For the first time since she had moved back into the house , she knew she could n't face an evening with Jacob . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 14 | Next morning , for the first time since she had started at G.W. , she arrived late , almost too terrified to step across the threshold . |
| 15 | He looked at McAllister for the first time since she had begun to help him , and saw her strained white face , the eyes enormous in it . |
| 16 | It was the direction of her life she was questioning , for the first time since she had settled on a career . |
| 17 | He looked as if he was going to protest , but his eyes caught her face , and for the first time since she had known him Nelson was one hundred per cent a grown-up . |
| 18 | For the first time since I had been shot down I was alone . |
| 19 | For the first time since I had come to the college I had access to student political material because my boyfriend was reading the posters , leaflets and student newspapers to me . |
| 20 | For the first time since I had to leave home , this is a place that will leave a scar . |
| 21 | Tug opened his mouth automatically , but for the first time since he had been there , he let the words go unsaid . |
| 22 | She turned to look into Gazzer 's face , concentrating her attention on him for the first time since he had climbed up to sit beside her in the sand dunes . |
| 23 | She came last to Lachlan , and for the first time since he had startled her raised her head to look him in the face . |
| 24 | Allen spoke for the first time since he had joined them . |
| 25 | The silver-framed photograph of Philippe Chaumont had appeared for the first time since he had known Chantal . |
| 26 | ‘ Please , ’ she replied softly then looked at him for the first time since he had sat down . |
| 27 | He noticed too that for the first time since he had arrived at the Cages there was a total silence , as if all the eagles , and all the imprisoned creatures thereabout had instinctively understood that this old eagle 's troubled painful words marked an end to a terrible life ; and perhaps in some strange way the beginning of something none dared hope might come to pass . |
| 28 | So when it seemed the conversation was nearly over and , for the first time since he had known her , she appeared to have called for no reason , he was almost relieved to hear her ask , ‘ Now then , David , have you heard from him ? ’ |
| 29 | Mach looked up again , smiling for the first time since he had entered the room . |
| 30 | Last night , for the first time since he had married Fei Yen , he had summoned a woman to his bed — one of the serving girls from the kitchens — purging himself of the need that had raged in his blood like a poison . |