Example sentences of "and [det] [be] the first time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Afterwards , the representative from the film company said , ‘ I 've been looking after him for two weeks and that 's the first time I 've seen his teeth … . ’ |
| 2 | And that 's the first time she 'd ever had a doctor . |
| 3 | Fifteen years I 've known and that 's the first time I 've ever heard him swear . |
| 4 | And that 's the first time |
| 5 | For a short while , neither of us was allowed to drive , and that was the first time I 've known Michael to be really downhearted . |
| 6 | In fact , it never occurred to me that it made a difference until I was in a trial and a scout said ‘ We 're quite interested in the coloured lad ’ and that was the first time I realized they thought of me as anything other than my name . |
| 7 | ‘ And that was the first time ye 'd ever set eyes on him ? ’ |
| 8 | 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 ? |
| 9 | Nelson , dismissed for complaining about a tackle by Derek Mountfield , said : ‘ I 've played more than 550 games and this is the first time in my career I 've been sent off . |
| 10 | I 'm Nancy , and this is the first time I 've come to one of these meetings . |
| 11 | ( They were right , and this is the first time I 've admitted it . ) |
| 12 | People who have been encouraged to visit something , or somewhere , or some place , when they 've done so say ‘ well , I 've lived here , you know , X number of years and this is the first time I 've been here ’ and they are so pleased . |
| 13 | The Home Secretary 's reserve powers were not intended to be used frequently and this was the first time they had been used . |
| 14 | In her words ‘ I find myself blaming this for my self-hate , my lack of confidence , my feeling of , ‘ how can anyone love me ’ ’ She had kept this a secret and this was the first time it had been put on paper . |
| 15 | She had only passed her driving test after her marriage and this was the first time that she had driven unaccompanied by night . |
| 16 | Sister Cas. was not often bloodyminded , and this was the first time she had been so with me . |
| 17 | He had been in the unit over six months now and this was the first time he was seeing action , the first time he had been entrusted with a weapon — apart from a few training sessions . |
| 18 | I wanted to join in , but I was only two and a half , and this was the first time I had been left with people I did n't know . |
| 19 | It was Saturday night , and this was the first time Shelley would miss seeing Miguelito and his flamenco performance at Pepe 's Bar . |
| 20 | It was one of the joys of life , and particularly she loved dancing tonight with Tony Radcliffe , because he was her oldest friend in the world and this was the first time she had seen him for eighteen months . |
| 21 | Oliffe 's job , according to his defence , was to fatten up animals over the winter , and this was the first time he 'd been accused of ill-treating animals . |