Example sentences of "[adv] the first [noun sg] [pers pn] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Izzie returned with the cups of wine , saying softly to her father without looking at Gabriel , ‘ Was n't I right the first time I saw this boy ? |
| 2 | Erm , apparently the first tune they used to those words , was a tune , which I 've not been able to find , which came from Britain . |
| 3 | At first , this made Lucien nervous , especially the first time he came across a half-clad female sauntering along the sky-lit corridor outside his room on her way to the bathrooms . |
| 4 | He ran down the first alleyway he came to , across the next street , over gardens and waste ground , and finally slowed to a stop , listening to the still night . |
| 5 | ‘ I mean , to have a German plane shot down the first time we went up . ’ |
| 6 | Mowed down the first time she left her new baby son |
| 7 | He turned down the first street he came to , turned left , right , left again , he walked down a hill , along an alley , through a deserted square , but still he could n't find one anywhere . |
| 8 | So the first opportunity I had I left Bradley 's and went back to the Lock so it 'd been war direction , war service we asked and it counted as me service with the Lock , that I had n't interrupted me service being as I was directed so that 's how I say I had fifty years at the Lock . |
| 9 | I mean , sorry , week er thirteen that er base six had been poured and therefore so the first thing we did was to get base six as soon as possible . |
| 10 | So the first thing I said was , ‘ You do n't have to talk to me . |
| 11 | So the first thing I did was to spend ten years with the Royal Shakespeare Company ! |
| 12 | So the first thing I did was distil it down to seven pages of figures accompanied by seven pages of narrative , designed to make sure that the board was properly informed . |
| 13 | So the first gig you attended was one that you were taking part in ? |
| 14 | They had done so the first time they got water for me and I had assumed they would continue . |
| 15 | So the first time you did it you were pretty happy with it were n't you ? |
| 16 | So the first time I had a conversation with Mr Wogan was live on television ! |
| 17 | It was a tag that surprised me very much the first time I heard it … but now I 've stopped worrying . |
| 18 | It was more or less the first thing we checked . ’ |
| 19 | So if your virus scanner was set to check once a day it would not run it every time you boot up , only the first time you booted up that day , excellent ! |
| 20 | It was not the first time they had been told this . |
| 21 | It was not the first time they had played this mischievous game with each other , on stage . |
| 22 | Though Jan was not initially aware of it , this was not the first time they 'd been cast together . |
| 23 | This was not the first time I had noticed the old enmity of the Norwegians for the Germans . |
| 24 | This was not the first time I had dabbled in adultery . |
| 25 | It was not the first time I had seen " my " insects . |
| 26 | This was not the first time I had come across the concept of ‘ Quality ’ as meant in this context . |
| 27 | Cleo concluded it was probably not the first time he 'd had to deal with a situation like this . |
| 28 | It was not the first time he had seen such symptoms . |
| 29 | It was not the first time he had come home covered in blood . |
| 30 | It was not the first time he had been the recipient of an undiplomatic reference to the absence of colonial genes in Alexei 's physique , manner and appearance . |