Sentence examples for affair the first from inspiring English sources

Then, "at the height of his uxoriousness", as Penelope put it, he started an affair, the first of many.

The designation was not a quick affair: the first vote to protect the area's buildings was tabled for 20 years amid disagreement among homeowners and elected officials.

A new podcast with Laura Marling is an intriguing, questioning affair: the first two invite sound engineer Vanessa Parr and members of Haim to discuss their experiences.

And his take on the whole Celebrity Love Island/Love Island, er... affair: "The first time round, Celebrity Love Island was quite successful at delivering 16-34s.

For some people, this time comes in childhood and ends there, or arrives with the first love affair, the first real one.

Women riders accounted for 22 per cent of the entrants and while it was a mostly British affair, the first rider across the line in the Mall was an Italian, Francesco Cipolletta, accompanied by a London-based Austrian, Gunther Zechmann, in a time of 3hr 57min.

Dinner was a spectacular affair: the second floor was transformed into a red-velvet dining hall.

It is up for best film against "The Talented Mr. Ripley," "The End of the Affair," "The Sixth Sense" and "East Is East".

When she grew bored with Fruity, she embarked on a series of affairs, the first of which was with the newly widowed Mosley.

In agreement with the publisher Robert Dodsley, Burke initiated The Annual Register as a yearly survey of world affairs; the first volume appeared in 1758 under his (unacknowledged) editorship, and he retained this connection for about 30 years.

Two years later he was appointed editor of news and current affairs, the first time the role had been combined, as part of then deputy director general John Birt's at the time controversial reorganisation of the BBC's news division.