Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] be [art] first time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Bennett would have a fit if she knew Celia had gone up to Beckwith 's Folly , but it was n't the first time lately that she had been overwhelmed by the desire to escape , although it was the first time she had actually done anything about it . |
| 2 | It was a look she recognised instantly , although it was the first time she 'd seen it in the flesh . |
| 3 | The only cloud on the immediate horizon is raising a mortgage — especially if you are a first time buyer . |
| 4 | When you meet somebody , especially if it is the first time of meeting , your senses are working flat out to process all the data . |
| 5 | Inevitably there is a certain amount of routine in everyone 's life and the person who lives alone also needs to establish some routine , no matter how tempting it may be to lead an unfettered existence , particularly if it is the first time you have lived on your own . |
| 6 | Thus , if it is the first time someone tells you a particular genre of joke , you may not know the appropriate type of response . |
| 7 | I do not know if it was the first time since his appointment as executive chef at the Carlton Tower in 1968 , but I do know it was a rare occurrence to see him even emerge from his kitchen , let alone dine . |
| 8 | While this as such simply acknowledges the situation as it is and is followed by a far longer passage relating to the benefits of celibacy for the Western rite , it remains a highly important text because it is the first time a Roman Council or any major Roman document has explicitly accepted and recommended the uniting of priesthood and marriage in a single life . |
| 9 | ‘ That 's something I 'd like very much , and it 's also special because it 's the first time you 've invited me home . |
| 10 | Technically it 's not a marginal because it 's the first time it 's been fought . |
| 11 | Mine is not an isolated instance , it just happens to be the most famous , because it 's the first time such persecution has been exported to a western country . |
| 12 | Maybe it was because it was a first time and she was n't going to be a good mother , like some humans . |
| 13 | Running the film group for ICI gave Haslam particular pleasure because it was the first time he had ever been fully in charge of a business , which he found very challenging . |
| 14 | I was so proud that day because it was the first time I wore a rather special red coat with matching red hat . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Arthur Leopold of County Cork had taken the picture , and the first time Ellie had tiptoed into the bedroom she had stood for a long time staring at the photograph , because it was the first time she had ever seen the likeness of her dead mother . |
| 17 | He admits to being nervous because it was the first time this kind of operation was carried out . |
| 18 | Dr William Fore , former WACC President and now Visiting Lecturer in Communication at the School , said in a recent letter to delegates : ‘ The meeting promises to be a landmark , since it is the first time that teachers of communication in seminaries and schools of theology will have come together to consider their distinctive task in theological education . ’ |
| 19 | The result represented a radical change in Liechtenstein politics since it was the first time in the principality 's history that a third party had been elected to parliament . |
| 20 | We were n't really in love , but it seemed a very great deal like it at the time , before we spoiled it ; we both thought we were , and how can you tell for sure when it 's the first time and you 've nothing to compare it with ? |
| 21 | Jake was looking at her as though it was the first time he had really seen her . |
| 22 | This enterprising tour should be well worth following as it is the first time cricketers of this age from South Africa have toured in England . |
| 23 | And ices afterwards , I should think , as it 's the first time we 've ever had supper together , away from school . ’ |
| 24 | The effect of such correction can , in some instances , be dramatic , as in the case of a child who , after receiving his first pair of spectacles , spent several evenings looking at the stars as it was the first time he had ever been able to see them . |
| 25 | Mr Clarke 's solicitor said as it was the first time the new offence had been tried under the 1991 Road Traffic Act they would be considering an appeal against sentence . |