Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] the first time [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It were the first time I ever heard him do it . |
| 2 | It was the first time we 'd had proper monitors on stage — which meant it was the first time John heard his own voice . |
| 3 | It was the first time we made a connection . |
| 4 | It was the first time we had managed to get eight aircraft into the air in one formation in the nearly two months I had been on the island . |
| 5 | It was the first time we 'd ever done an overland journey . |
| 6 | It was the first time we 'd returned to any location and I thought it must be a good sign . |
| 7 | But when I phoned her ( at a ‘ safe ’ house ) for this article , it was the first time we 'd spoken directly since the filming . |
| 8 | ‘ It was Sheena Hawthorne , and it was the first time we had set eyes on each other for 50 years , ’ Betty says . |
| 9 | It was the first time they had ever spoken of the affection they felt . |
| 10 | It was the first time they had met although he had known of her existence as he had of all the handful of people who lived , as the Lydsett villagers said , ‘ t' other side of the gate ’ . |
| 11 | It was the first time they 'd heard him admit the Store was built by humans . |
| 12 | It was the first time they had conceded four goals at home since the Manchester United of Charlton , Law and Best rammed four past them in 1969 . |
| 13 | I was playing loads of rave music , and at the end they were begging us not to go off because it was the first time they 'd ever heard it properly . |
| 14 | It was the first time they had been alone together since Abbotsfield . |
| 15 | Not that it was the first time they 'd been cut . |
| 16 | But it was the first time they had ever lived privately together . |
| 17 | This week it was the first time they 've been beaten by the Irish in the league . |
| 18 | It was the first time they had mentioned the third who was there in the room with them , though they had both felt his presence , and she , indeed , had lived with it close and uncomforted for a year . |
| 19 | I once conducted a major European orchestra , a German orchestra , and I conducted the introduction Allegro of Elgar and it was the first time they 'd ever , ever played any Elgar , and they did n't like the piece . |
| 20 | In practice , she learnt to ski ; but it was the first time she had been away from her friends and family , the first time she had been on a plane , the first time she had been abroad , and she was desperately unhappy . |
| 21 | It was the first time she had ever warned him off anything private and for a moment he looked puzzled and embarrassed . |
| 22 | It was the first time she 'd heard her speak . |
| 23 | I was to write about it for Cosmopolitan , she for Trud ; it was the first time she had been outside the Soviet bloc . |
| 24 | It was the first time she had ever seen her team eager and willing and fully co-operative , the envy of all her friends . |
| 25 | Simon said , and it was the first time she had heard that name . |
| 26 | It was the first time she had been so near a man with sweet breath and the scent of success about him . |
| 27 | It was the first time she 'd been in such a grand vehicle , and when she looked over the side she seemed so high up she was dizzy . |
| 28 | It was the first time she had ever begged him for anything , but she knew it was likely he could be persuaded with flattery . |
| 29 | It was the first time she 'd ever been on board ship . |
| 30 | It was the first time she had been into the city since that awful night of the cockfight back in February . |