Example sentences of "[adj] was [art] first time i " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps because this was the first time I was all alone in a big city in a new country . |
| 2 | This was the first time I had seen him since the landings . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I realized with a shock that this was the first time I had been really unhappy since I had been taken prisoner . |
| 5 | This was the first time I had been to the house and it seemed enormous . |
| 6 | This was the first time I felt a stab of personal anxiety . |
| 7 | This was the first time I 'd been into a prison and a number of things struck me during the day . |
| 8 | I said this was the first time I 'd ever been there . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | This was the first time I had seen her exercise her charm . |
| 12 | This was the first time I had used a vauDe tent and I was impressed with its performance . |
| 13 | I had seen him on a number of occasions during my childhood in Abyssinia where my father had been British Minister at Addis Ababa , but this was the first time I spoke to him . |
| 14 | This was the first time I saw an Islamic service and I was impressed by the unhurried , synchronized movements of the worshippers and by the sonorous rhythm of their prayers . |
| 15 | This was the first time I had ever encountered anyone walking into a cathedral who had never heard of Jesus Christ . |
| 16 | This was the first time I had kept anything from Sarah . |
| 17 | This was the first time I met , and it seems that he was satisfied with my performance in the interview , for I was offered the post , much to my surprise and delight . |
| 18 | That was the first time I 'd seen a man 's penis so clearly and my mouth and throat went dry . |
| 19 | That was the first time I 'd had any money out of gigging in a year . |
| 20 | That was the first time I was conscious that before the apocalypse I had never thought of visualising anywhere but in my stomach . |
| 21 | For a short while , neither of us was allowed to drive , and that was the first time I 've known Michael to be really downhearted . |
| 22 | A few days later the father told a project worker , ‘ You know that was the first time I felt I had something to offer to the school . ’ |
| 23 | That was the first time I was to see pain and suffering at close quarters . ’ |
| 24 | I do remember that that was the first time I wondered if I could bring myself to retire … |
| 25 | I think that was the first time I uttered the words , ‘ Never mind . |
| 26 | In fact , it never occurred to me that it made a difference until I was in a trial and a scout said ‘ We 're quite interested in the coloured lad ’ and that was the first time I realized they thought of me as anything other than my name . |
| 27 | spend a day Oh aye , that 's what I was going to say , that was the first time I 've actually been through . |
| 28 | That was the first time I had any idea ! ’ |
| 29 | That was the first time I killed , because of what my cousin Blyth Cauldhame had done to our rabbits , Eric 's and mine . |
| 30 | ‘ That was the first time I 've played with Kevin . |