Example sentences of "but [adj] [was/were] [art] first time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fawcett says that he had noticed scraps of similar material in earlier test runs on the apparatus , but this was the first time that he drew it to Gibson 's attention . |
| 2 | But this was the first time that he showed an interest . |
| 3 | But this was the first time he 'd offered to share any of his inner self . |
| 4 | ‘ Before this game , individuals had been performing well , but this was the first time we really played well as a team and it shows just what we are capable of . ’ |
| 5 | The waning of enthusiasm for higher education had begun several years before , but this was the first time there had been fewer applicants than places offered . |
| 6 | Rumours about them had circulated for several years but this was the first time they had been linked by a named source — former US ambassador Lewis Fields . |
| 7 | His hair had been white for as long as Burun could remember , but this was the first time his age had seemed to affect his behaviour . |
| 8 | Karadjordje had previously received support from local assemblies which had been convened at his request , but this was the first time that an embryonic , partly elected government of Serbia had come into existence . |
| 9 | Ted was having trouble picking out a shirt ; his sister had given him a couple of new ones last Christmas , but this was the first time that he 'd really had to study them with regard to presentability . |
| 10 | I had seen him on a number of occasions during my childhood in Abyssinia where my father had been British Minister at Addis Ababa , but this was the first time I spoke to him . |
| 11 | Athelstan had heard about the fellow but this was the first time he had met him . |
| 12 | An estimated 1,600 rural workers and union leaders were reported to have been murdered in the Amazonian region over the last decade but this was the first time that any substantial landowner had been brought to trial . |
| 13 | Nomura 's president , Setsuya Tabuchi , had already resigned in June 1991 in connection with allegations of dealings with gangsters , but this was the first time that actual criminal activities had been alleged against the company . |
| 14 | We had seen a lot of people cry in our time , but this was the first time that Quigley had done us the honour . |
| 15 | Done it I suppose I 've done it eighty a hundred times by now But this was the first time , you see . |