Example sentences of "the first time [pers pn] [vb past] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know this was the first time they 'd ever thought of or considered themselves as artists , before that I guess they just thought they were lucky . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I once conducted a major European orchestra , a German orchestra , and I conducted the introduction Allegro of Elgar and it was the first time they 'd ever , ever played any Elgar , and they did n't like the piece . |
| 4 | Many speakers rose to say that this was the first time they had actually met so-and-so , although they had spent hours communicating with them electronically . |
| 5 | It was the first time they had ever spoken of the affection they felt . |
| 6 | That night the BBC ran the obituary twice — the first time they had ever done so for anyone , and the first television obituary to consist of a filmed interview with the deceased . |
| 7 | But it was the first time they had ever lived privately together . |
| 8 | I think that erm the actual position er assured was that industry gave us a quotation in erm April nineteen ninety two which actually was somewhat higher than we 'd anticipated , but I 'm not sure that industry reyu viewed it as an increase because it was probably the first time they had formally quoted a price . |
| 9 | It was the first time we 'd ever done an overland journey . |
| 10 | Yes , yeah , when you had one delivered , that 's the first time we 'd ever seen one was n't it ? |
| 11 | Yet virtually the first time we climbed together , had n't we spent nigh on a month clipping bolts in France and loving it ? |
| 12 | Added to that , there was something about the Wartberg works that I found soothing the first time I went there for the interview . |
| 13 | As I opened it , and looked out , I realized that it was the first time I had consciously looked out : before , I had always been hurrying by . |
| 14 | It was the first time I had ever heard of a savant with a linguistic ability . |
| 15 | It was the first time I had ever trained a bird to do something I wanted it to do . |
| 16 | It was the first time I had ever seen a live tennis match — Wimbledon has always been out of the question financially , and the Midland Bank tournament offered me the chance to see live international tennis at a reasonable price . |
| 17 | This was the first time I had ever encountered anyone walking into a cathedral who had never heard of Jesus Christ . |
| 18 | For the first time I saw clearly that it would be impossible to go through the rest of my life with a barrier in my mind between the baby and its conception . |
| 19 | ‘ It was a process of necessity , really but , since it was just me and a Portastudio , it was the first time I 'd ever been in the position of being able to write and record without any kind of pressure from anyone else . |
| 20 | ‘ It was the first time I 'd ever seen myself on screen . |
| 21 | I went to see the semi-finals of the Midland Bank Championships in Brighton — the first time I 'd ever seen a tennis match live . |
| 22 | I said this was the first time I 'd ever been there . |
| 23 | " He does n't like me very much , " I explained , and it was the first time I 'd ever realized that " It was a very sad thing not to be liked by your own father , and obviously it must be just as sad not to like your only daughter . |
| 24 | It was the first time I 'd ever thought of the baby as " he " . |
| 25 | ‘ Ely , ’ I said ( that was her name and the first time I 'd ever used it ) , ‘ I want to be free . ’ |
| 26 | And er that was the first time I 'd ever seen a continental headboard . |
| 27 | but anyhow it , well they , they were there and he bought the pub did n't he and they were moving on the Saturday and he came on the Saturday morning and he cried take the furniture to pieces , some of the furniture , the wardrobes and there was a dining room table that they could n't get into the pub , could I dismantle them and re-assemble them again and that was the first time I 'd ever met him were n't I ? |
| 28 | It was a very difficult period , because whereas retrenchment and redundancy are now something employees understand and accept , this was the first time it had ever happened in ICI since the war . |
| 29 | I thought it was interesting as well that the stuff I got from the I and R V with it , was a lot about audio description and the tape and how much it cost and how wonderful this was and it was the first time it had ever been done , but there was nothing , as is always the case , there was nothing actually about what the film was about , it was full of sort of , this is the first time it 's done , but nothing about sort of this is the film about , about this , this is what the story 's about , you know . |
| 30 | It was the first time she had ever warned him off anything private and for a moment he looked puzzled and embarrassed . |