Example sentences of "[vb pp] the first time [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a split second he experienced that same numbing fear he had felt the first time he had come under enemy fire . |
| 2 | Tsu Ma knelt down and held his shoulders , nodding , remembering how he had felt the first time he had seen the ritual , not then knowing what was happening , nor why . |
| 3 | These hijras are very bad and very dirty ladies , ’ he had said the first time I tried to give Razia a lift in his car . |
| 4 | . Said the first time she came round she did n't look at it , and then , after that she looked really I hope she does n't fall . |
| 5 | And we talked of the Red Fort and how Pakeezah had cried the first time she went around it as a schoolgirl . |
| 6 | They were the same colours-the same jewels — as those he had worn the first time they had met . |
| 7 | She was wearing the coat with all the buttons and buckles that she had worn the first time I saw her outside Kaama 's flat . |
| 8 | Anyway , my worst fears about Barny were confirmed the first time I tried to put a leash on him . |
| 9 | The walk there took only about ten minutes and she thought that even with the frightening weakness in her legs that she had discovered the first time she got out of bed she ought to manage that distance . |
| 10 | The next candidate , Richard Baxter , was unanimously chosen the first time they heard him preach . |