Example sentences of "[adv] the first time " in BNC.
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| 31 | So the first time I had a conversation with Mr Wogan was live on television ! |
| 32 | The bare statistical truth of solvent abuse is that one in four of the children who die from the habit do so the first time they ever sniff glue or lighter fluid . |
| 33 | Yeah it says , I read the thing and it says I have n't got ta let them in unless they 've got a warrant so the first time they come they would n't have a warrant , surely , so they 're gon na have to go away and get a warrant and in that time then I 'd have to get a licence would n't I ? |
| 34 | It was a tag that surprised me very much the first time I heard it … but now I 've stopped worrying . |
| 35 | This was their sixth successive League victory , and though it was only the first time they have scored three goals in a game this season , everyone at Highbury knows it could have been seven . |
| 36 | So if your virus scanner was set to check once a day it would not run it every time you boot up , only the first time you booted up that day , excellent ! |
| 37 | For only the first time , now , did she comprehend the nature of the stone from which the fortress had been constructed . |
| 38 | For some people this is literally the first time they have thought about and felt sensual responses in their own body . |
| 39 | since I am one of those people who do something the wrong way round , if there is the slightest opportunity , I also inserted the needle incorrectly the first time only spotting my mistake when I read on and found that I could not follow the next instruction if my needle was at the back of the work . |
| 40 | This is not the first time that such considerations have arisen for readers of his fiction . |
| 41 | This was not the first time that George had attempted a figurative animal sculpture . |
| 42 | Although Willem ‘ Wimpie ’ de Klerk , the President 's brother , was a member of the team , it is not the first time he has met Mr Mbeki . |
| 43 | It was not the first time the 48-year-old comedian and doctor had pooped the party . |
| 44 | This is not the first time nor the last that we encounter this influential organization . |
| 45 | This is not the first time that Vitelli has insisted to Clara that his sexual desire for her is conjoined with an equally strong desire to kill/ fuck her father ( and , now , her brother ) : |
| 46 | This was not the first time I had noticed the old enmity of the Norwegians for the Germans . |
| 47 | The fight in Birkenhead was not the first time that Mr Field had crossed swords with the Labour left . |
| 48 | This is not the first time in his career that Mr Bond , condemned for unconventional and perhaps sometimes dubious business tactics , has teetered on the brink of bankruptcy . |
| 49 | This is not the first time Mr Gorbachev has shown his brutal streak . |
| 50 | This was not the first time the elevator had startled her with its moods . |
| 51 | It was not the first time , but it was the worst . |
| 52 | Though Jan was not initially aware of it , this was not the first time they 'd been cast together . |
| 53 | It is not the first time that , for whatever reason , such a ‘ mistake ’ , if you can call it that , has been made with the best will in the world . |
| 54 | This is not the first time golf has stumbled on its projected step into the 21st century . |
| 55 | This was not the first time my employer had raised such a question ; indeed , it seems to be something which genuinely troubles him . |
| 56 | It was not the first time he had seen such symptoms . |
| 57 | It is not the first time that NASA has had trouble with the upper stage . |
| 58 | This was not the first time and , if he had survived , certainly would not have been the last . |
| 59 | This was not the first time I had dabbled in adultery . |
| 60 | Not the first time , Parker , after a lost night , had reported a stolen car . |