He didn't play his radio and he stopped praying for the first time in a very long time.

I was just praying for the time to go off.

I pray for the second time that day.

She was led to pray for the first time in her life as Cunningham (2004: p. 118) relates:

Religious people sat, or knelt, and prayed for the first time in half a century on the streets of Moscow.

The fashionista prayed for the first time since she was a little girl.

Ah, Sam, I pray for the time when scoffing will pass from you.

That night, Jeremy found himself praying for the first time in years.

Without realizing what he was doing, Dunn prayed for the first time in his life.

He prayed for the first time in years to the Holy Spirit to come and take his brother's soul.