Example sentences of "[adv] the first time i [verb] " 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 | come on because it would have been perhaps the first time I suppose it would n't be a |
| 3 | So the first time I had a conversation with Mr Wogan was live on television ! |
| 4 | Once again , now it does n't matter which way round you start , you can start left over right or right over left , but the second time you do it opposite to the first time , so the first time I put the left one over first and the right one over that and then tuck it through , just like tying a shoe lace really , okay ? |
| 5 | It was a tag that surprised me very much the first time I heard it … but now I 've stopped worrying . |
| 6 | I heard you trying to persuade and then threaten this young lady to get her into your car , and it 's not the first time I 've witnessed such a thing . |
| 7 | This was not the first time I had noticed the old enmity of the Norwegians for the Germans . |
| 8 | This was not the first time I had dabbled in adultery . |
| 9 | It was not the first time I had seen " my " insects . |
| 10 | This was not the first time I had come across the concept of ‘ Quality ’ as meant in this context . |
| 11 | But I thought also — this is not the first time I have fled for my life with this man , who is brave if he is also stupid . |
| 12 | ‘ No , but it is not the first time I have been in such a situation . |
| 13 | No , well certainly not the first time I play , it , I approach it when he thinks I 've finished , but it 's nowhere near , I mean |
| 14 | Yeah , the first thing I 've ever the first time I 've shaved my legs , I forgot the water . |
| 15 | And let me tell you , this is n't the first time I 've thought of it , either . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Yes , although this is n't the first time I 've been here . |
| 17 | And it is n't the first time I 've said that , is it ? |
| 18 | Magill was n't the first time I 've given my Little All for my job , but that ca n't mean I can only get it right when … |
| 19 | I must admit that for almost the first time I feel a stab of concern for him , a gesture of fellow regard . |
| 20 | I remember him relating it again the first time I returned to see him after gaining my first post as butler — to a Mr and Mrs Muggeridge in their relatively modest house in Allshot , Oxfordshire . |