Example sentences of "[adv] the first time he [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ He met his cousin last night , and they drank too much wine , but do not worry — it is not the first time he spends the night like this . ’ |
| 3 | Cleo concluded it was probably not the first time he 'd had to deal with a situation like this . |
| 4 | It was not the first time he had seen such symptoms . |
| 5 | It was not the first time he had come home covered in blood . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | It 's not the first time he 's gone off by himself . ’ |
| 8 | Well , first of all , I 've heard that — it 's not the first time he 's been arrested , and it 's not the first time de-programmers have been arrested . |
| 9 | Although Willem ‘ Wimpie ’ de Klerk , the President 's brother , was a member of the team , it is not the first time he has met Mr Mbeki . |
| 10 | ‘ Yes , the pressure on me has increased since Stuart decided to come back on the England scene , but this is not the first time he has squeezed the position and I accept that challenge from a top-class player . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Yes , the pressure on me has increased since Stuart decided to come back on the England scene but this is not the first time he has squeezed the position and I accept that challenge from a top-class player . ’ |
| 12 | It is not the first time he has taken his countrymen and women to task for what he considers their cultural failings . |
| 13 | It was also the first time he had driven with navigator John Anthony , a retired fire officer from South Nutfield . |
| 14 | It was probably the first time he had been asked for such a drink , despite his long years of service . |
| 15 | I remember clearly the first time he played our first single . |
| 16 | It was n't the first time he 'd thought that , but this time he was sure . |
| 17 | It was n't the first time he 'd had this nightmare ; it was happening more often nowadays . |
| 18 | I remember his telling us how the first time he encountered stress incontinence was as a young boy standing at the foot of the ladder while a little old country woman handed him down apples from the tree . |
| 19 | It was almost the first time he had sounded civil . |
| 20 | And sadly the first time he flew without me he perished , leaving Bob Pointer and myself wondering why events in our puny lives are so ordained and arranged as to inflict the maximum hurt at a time like that . |