Example sentences of "time i have [verb] [pers pn] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , it was one of the few times I had seen him act in a civil way towards his stepmother . |
| 2 | It was the first time I had heard him play great music , and I was moved as I had been by the Bonnards ; moved in a different way , but still moved . |
| 3 | This was the first time I had seen him surf in the flesh , but for an entire month I had contemplated him pulling fearlessly into a vicious Pipeline tube when I should have been writing lectures . |
| 4 | It was the first time I had seen him reveal any emotion in his face , and it had something of the intensity of grief . |
| 5 | ‘ That 's the first time I 've heard you quote poetry , ’ she exclaimed , and he laughed . |
| 6 | ‘ That is the first time I 've heard you admit it , ’ he said ruefully . |
| 7 | Auntie Lou said , louder than before and in a voice that shook with boldness , ‘ That 's the first time I 've heard you say it , Samuel . |
| 8 | Yeah that 's the first time I 've seen her do that , come on you little madam , come on you little madam , let's go and find granddad at work , I know you 're a baby well come on |
| 9 | ‘ I 've heard of them , but this is the first time I 've seen them like this . |
| 10 | and er , she said my eyes really sparkled she said first time I 've seen them sparkle for a long while so I was right chuffed about that . |
| 11 | ‘ This is the first time I 've seen you look relaxed , ’ Roman commented softly . |