Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] the first time [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And just six hours after Chris and Heather met for the first time they had decided to get married . |
| 2 | Though he admitted for the first time he was the author of his own downfall , he spent much of his speech attacking the press . |
| 3 | I 'm going to write about the first time I met G.P. |
| 4 | Anyway Rick spent what seemed like an eternity before he got the fish near the net but when it showed for the first time it soon became apparent why it had been so stubborn , the fish was massive ! |
| 5 | What we 've got for the first time I suspect , since any of you joined this company and you take the experience over there as well , is that the time you spend two days together , and actually find out what it is that makes you go and I do n't suppose that happens often , , dropped you off the boat together for more than two hours at a time . |
| 6 | So I will begin with the first time I ever saw John Russell . |
| 7 | When Anne left them she thought of the first time she had stood on that corner saying goodnight to John . |
| 8 | All that mattered was the next time he would see Kate ; beyond that he looked forward with an urgency that hurt to the first time they would make love . |
| 9 | The hardline leadership admitted for the first time it regretted the exodus , admitted there were problems and conceded it might be partly to blame . |
| 10 | on quite a few occasions , Windows ran until the first time I rebooted the computer . |
| 11 | Right here I just wanted to tell about the first time I ever saw him . |
| 12 | Failure to do this will obviously leave the child unprepared to understand and deal with the first time he or she is called ‘ nigger ’ , or some other racial slur . |
| 13 | It is the most addictive drug ever — many become addicted from the first time they use it . |