Example sentences of "[adj] [was/were] [art] first time [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a while the whistle is repeated — by the same blackbird or by its mate — but always as if this were the first time it had occurred to him to whistle ; if this is a dialogue , each remark is uttered after long reflection . |
| 2 | The Home Secretary 's reserve powers were not intended to be used frequently and this was the first time they had been used . |
| 3 | This was the first time they had reached the second round and it was reflected in the atmosphere , though the official attendance of 3,877 , a record for the purpose-built Meadow Park ground , was hardly accurate . |
| 4 | Although they had often stayed in the country , this was the first time they had lived in it , and that makes all the difference . |
| 5 | Many speakers rose to say that this was the first time they had actually met so-and-so , although they had spent hours communicating with them electronically . |
| 6 | I know this was the first time they 'd ever thought of or considered themselves as artists , before that I guess they just thought they were lucky . |
| 7 | Rumours about them had circulated for several years but this was the first time they had been linked by a named source — former US ambassador Lewis Fields . |
| 8 | Duncan realized that this was the first time they had discussed their private lives since they had met . |
| 9 | This was the first time they 'd been out together since the alleged phone-calls , and if there 'd been any more since then she had n't mentioned it . |
| 10 | This was the first time they had shared such intimacies , yet there was a familiarity about the touch of muscle and skin , the shape of flesh and bone . |
| 11 | This was the first time they had dealt with a potential bombing , as in the past their fakings had centred on air crashes and accident situations on the jigs or the shop-floor . |
| 12 | For many , this was the first time they 'd owned anyting . |
| 13 | For many , this was the first time they 'd owned anyting . |
| 14 | For many this was the first time they 'd been back to Parham in thirty six years . |
| 15 | This was the first time we had returned to Eggleston Burn since a summer visit in search of the Grass of Parnassus and butterwort that grow in its boggy flushes . |
| 16 | ‘ Before this game , individuals had been performing well , but this was the first time we really played well as a team and it shows just what we are capable of . ’ |
| 17 | Visits supervisor Jenny Wallace said of the group : ‘ This was the first time we had welcomed a party from the Salvation Army . |
| 18 | It was a very difficult period , because whereas retrenchment and redundancy are now something employees understand and accept , this was the first time it had ever happened in ICI since the war . |
| 19 | In her words ‘ I find myself blaming this for my self-hate , my lack of confidence , my feeling of , ‘ how can anyone love me ’ ’ She had kept this a secret and this was the first time it had been put on paper . |
| 20 | Perhaps because this was the first time I was all alone in a big city in a new country . |
| 21 | This was the first time I had seen him since the landings . |
| 22 | This was the first time I had seen him surf in the flesh , but for an entire month I had contemplated him pulling fearlessly into a vicious Pipeline tube when I should have been writing lectures . |
| 23 | I realized with a shock that this was the first time I had been really unhappy since I had been taken prisoner . |
| 24 | This was the first time I had been to the house and it seemed enormous . |
| 25 | This was the first time I felt a stab of personal anxiety . |
| 26 | This was the first time I 'd been into a prison and a number of things struck me during the day . |
| 27 | I said this was the first time I 'd ever been there . |
| 28 | This was the first time I had dared to show my face in the D and F since our 7–2 drubbing in the Cup . |
| 29 | I wanted to join in , but I was only two and a half , and this was the first time I had been left with people I did n't know . |
| 30 | This was the first time I had seen her exercise her charm . |