Example sentences of "first time since his [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I said if we did n't win this time we 'd abolish the b + + + + + + , ’ says Dixon , digging in for the first time since his Army days . |
| 2 | The Sultan is visiting with the senior of his two wives , the Raja Isteri , in an official capacity — for the first time since his country achieved full independence from Britain in 1984 . |
| 3 | Anselm was now , for the first time since his election as archbishop in 1093 , free from any cause of dispute with the king , and the last year and a half of his life were spent in the peaceful routine of episcopal duties , disturbed only by the growing problem of the relations of Canterbury with York . |
| 4 | I do not know if it was the first time since his appointment as executive chef at the Carlton Tower in 1968 , but I do know it was a rare occurrence to see him even emerge from his kitchen , let alone dine . |
| 5 | The nine-year-old , running for the first time since his victory in last March 's Sun Alliance Chase , finished a tired horse behind his impressive stable companion Run For Free . |
| 6 | And with Teddy Sheringham , back at the City ground for the first time since his move to Spurs , and Durie performing like statues , Forest quickly found the self-belief they have been lacking . |
| 7 | He discovered that Bob was twenty-five , four years his junior , and realised that it was the first time since his brother Joe 's marriage , when they were seventeen and twenty , that he had had a companion of roughly his own age . |