Example sentences of "was [art] first time [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It was the first time with the woman I love . ’ |
| 2 | It was the first time for a long while that Tommy had come into the dining rooms for his morning break and Carrie had spotted him from the window as he pulled up outside and climbed down wearily from his horsecart . |
| 3 | It was the first time during the Third Reich that a Führer speech had provoked such direct criticism in the reportage of upper civil servants . |
| 4 | When he finally did stop working , it was the first time in a year and a half that everyone involved stopped and got a chance to take a break , and once everyone took a break , things began to change . |
| 5 | It was the first time in the campaign that there had been any rapport between the embattled figures on the platform and the assembled press and television correspondents . |
| 6 | This was the first time in the 47 years of its history that the UN had met at the top level . |
| 7 | The fact that it was the first time in the 20th century that either of the major parties had selected an all-southern election ticket reflected the widespread belief that only by recapturing support lost to the Republicans in the south could the Democrats hope to win the presidency . |
| 8 | The result represented a radical change in Liechtenstein politics since it was the first time in the principality 's history that a third party had been elected to parliament . |
| 9 | It was the first time in the tournament Graf had been extended to three sets , and the seven games Sabatini won in the second set were just one fewer than Graf had conceded in her four previous rounds . |
| 10 | , business director of Courtaulds Aerospace in Germany , said it was the first time in the world that a chromate-free coating had been given the go-ahead for civil aircraft manufacture . |