Example sentences of "[adv] the first time [pers pn] [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 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ I mean , to have a German plane shot down the first time we went up . ’ |
| 4 | Mowed down the first time she left her new baby son |
| 5 | come on because it would have been perhaps the first time I suppose it would n't be a |
| 6 | Yeah it says , I read the thing and it says I have n't got ta let them in unless they 've got a warrant so the first time they come they would n't have a warrant , surely , so they 're gon na have to go away and get a warrant and in that time then I 'd have to get a licence would n't I ? |
| 7 | They had done so the first time they got water for me and I had assumed they would continue . |
| 8 | So the first time you did it you were pretty happy with it were n't you ? |
| 9 | So the first time I had a conversation with Mr Wogan was live on television ! |
| 10 | 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 ? |
| 11 | It was a tag that surprised me very much the first time I heard it … but now I 've stopped worrying . |
| 12 | This was their sixth successive League victory , and though it was only the first time they have scored three goals in a game this season , everyone at Highbury knows it could have been seven . |
| 13 | 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 ! |
| 14 | For some people this is literally the first time they have thought about and felt sensual responses in their own body . |
| 15 | It was not the first time they had been told this . |
| 16 | It was not the first time they had played this mischievous game with each other , on stage . |
| 17 | So that when they get to university , it 's not the first time away from home , it 's not the first time they 've got their money and so on . |
| 18 | Though Jan was not initially aware of it , this was not the first time they 'd been cast together . |
| 19 | This is not the first time we have spun coins ! |
| 20 | ‘ It 's not the first time it 's happened this season , either . |
| 21 | It 's not the first time it 's happened here . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 28 | ‘ No , but it is not the first time I have been in such a situation . |
| 29 | 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 |
| 30 | ‘ It 's not the first time you 've put your life at risk for the sake of a challenge and I 'm sure it wo n't be the last time either . ’ |