Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] the first time [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And just six hours after Chris and Heather met for the first time they had decided to get married . |
| 2 | Though he admitted for the first time he was the author of his own downfall , he spent much of his speech attacking the press . |
| 3 | Anyway Rick spent what seemed like an eternity before he got the fish near the net but when it showed for the first time it soon became apparent why it had been so stubborn , the fish was massive ! |
| 4 | When Anne left them she thought of the first time she had stood on that corner saying goodnight to John . |
| 5 | All that mattered was the next time he would see Kate ; beyond that he looked forward with an urgency that hurt to the first time they would make love . |
| 6 | on quite a few occasions , Windows ran until the first time I rebooted the computer . |