Example sentences of "since the first time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ever since the first time she had seen the Hare-woman standing in the Post Office , staring with her luminous eyes as she told one lie after another , she had known that there was something wrong about her . |
| 2 | North himself was compared to Burt Lancaster , Jimmy Stewart , Charlton Heston , John Wayne , Lilian Gish , Groucho Marx , Steve Martin and ‘ all the Barrymores put together ’ ; his performance was the most stirring and patriotic display Congressman Hyde had seen ‘ since the first time I saw Jimmy Cagney singing ‘ Yankee Doodle Dandy ’ ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ I have always wanted to do it ever since the first time you took me to see it when I was young . ’ |
| 4 | Not since the first time in the gloomy training tunnel deep underground had the panic risen in her as the rubber closed around her nose and mouth , momentarily sealing off her breathing , like a parasitic thing covering her face . |
| 5 | Firstly , I have been buying this magazine on and off since the first time that Elite ( by Firebird ) was reviewed . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've been crazy about him ever since the first time I saw him . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I 've known just what sort of a woman you are ever since the first time I was unfortunate enough to meet you — though I confess I did n't realise even you could stoop quite as low as you have this time . ’ |
| 8 | Ace had been giving her conflicting messages ever since the first time they 'd met again outside her bedroom door in France . |
| 9 | I have n't asked her since the first time . |