Example sentences of "[be] the first time [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 61 ) That may be the first time in my life that a man has dared insult me . |
| 2 | This is the first time since its formation in 1935 that the association has organised a trespass as part of its campaign . |
| 3 | Nelson , dismissed for complaining about a tackle by Derek Mountfield , said : ‘ I 've played more than 550 games and this is the first time in my career I 've been sent off . |
| 4 | This is the first time in my working life I have to go to the family to ask them for money . |
| 5 | It 's the first time in its 500 years of activity that the volcano has claimed lives . |
| 6 | It 's the first time in his career he has n't come out on top . |
| 7 | I , I bet , I bet i I bet it 's the first time in your life you felt shi , yes come on ! |
| 8 | ‘ It 's the first time in my life that someone really cares for me . |
| 9 | At home in Darlington , he said : ‘ It 's the first time in my life I have actually enjoyed being who I am . |
| 10 | It was the first time since its creation in 1949 that the Wills constituency had returned a non-ALP member . |
| 11 | It was the first time in their lives that Dorothy , although younger by ten years , had ever felt the stronger of the two . |
| 12 | It was the first time in her life she had ever hit anyone . |
| 13 | It was the first time in her life that she had been openly insulted . |
| 14 | It was the first time in her life she 'd heard Frank say something bold to his father . |
| 15 | Chesarynth felt conspicuous ; people around were staring at them , but it was the first time in her weary day 's travel that she had seen a box and it called to the echoes of firesong that the one on the Moon had left in her mind . |
| 16 | This was the first time in her life that she 'd been in the company of a man who could bring her out in nervous flushes , make her heartbeat race and her stomach turn all watery , just by watching her … |
| 17 | It was the first time in its 35 year history , that the Coast Guard 's Automated Mutual-assistance Vessel Rescue ( AMVER ) safety network has bestowed such an honour on a cruise ship . |
| 18 | Mr Jack Straw , Labour 's shadow education secretary , said last night that it was the first time in his 10 years in Parliament that responsibility for piloting such an important piece of legislation through committee had been left to such junior departmental politicians . |
| 19 | It was the first time in his life that he had slept out of doors ; as a boy , he and Jean-Paul had often pleaded to do this , and it had always been forbidden . |
| 20 | It was the first time in his 75 years that he had ever been a hospital patient . |
| 21 | It was the first time in his life he had seen anyone praying in their house . |
| 22 | It was the first time in my life I wanted to carry myself as a woman , not like a weird , kinda little ragamuffin girl . ’ |
| 23 | It was the first time in my life I ever thought of Diana as beautiful . |
| 24 | It was the first time in my life I had acted like a complete sod to other people , and I felt that my behaviour was worse because I had loads of advantages the lesser recruits did n't : I could speak French ; I was basically healthier and therefore found fitness much easier ; I was a north European Caucasian which endeared me to some of the more racist instructors . |
| 25 | This was the first time in my life that I had lived in deep country , without easy access to shops , transport and people I knew . |
| 26 | As I was permanently hungry , he used to make enormous treacle puddings — it was the first time in my life I had heard of such a dish — and always made sure I got a big helping . |
| 27 | It was the first time in my life I had experienced anything like this and was nervous but deeply honoured . |