Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [pron] was the first " in BNC.

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1 And I realized it was the first time I actually slept in a bed with Frank ever .
2 I believed I was the first anthropologist in France to understand what this means .
3 From the foam on it I guessed it was the first out of the keg that evening .
4 Heaven itself opened up for me when we made love and I knew I was the first man in your life .
5 The Soyuz TM-13 flight which relieved him was the first to be undertaken since the demise of the Soviet Union .
6 It was the first time we 'd had proper monitors on stage — which meant it was the first time John heard his own voice .
7 Soon her ordeal would be over and she vowed it was the first and last time she would act as model .
8 Wickham looked at Marshall who said it was the first he had heard of it either .
9 Not self-pity but exertion was what they told themselves was the first requirement , applying their skills to return to normal , to restore the status quo .
10 As it happened I was the first to reach the meeting place , and soon , four others turned up .
11 He said it was the first time he 'd done so but he was damned if he was going to be wheeled into a restaurant like a blasted mental patient out with his nurse . ’
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