Example sentences of "[pron] be [art] first time " in BNC.
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1 | Good morning , Doug , I 'm a first time caller . |
2 | I had no idea where I was the first time |
3 | He called me a usurer , which was the first time I 'd heard the word , paid me back £1.20 after four weeks , paraded at weekends in his new shirt , and we were friends thereafter . |
4 | Well I suppose at the , one of the best things , best examples of the difference was that my wife when she saw this house , knew that it was a house in which she could be happy , in which her tastes and , could spread themselves , erm rather than her tastes having to be curtailed by lack of space and lack of accommodation , erm , the fact that I had a garage which was essential er next to my house instead of some er quarter or twenty minutes ' walk away from where I lived as happened in London also made a terrific difference to comfort , erm the fact that there was a garden instead of a few windowboxes and a couple of tubs , all these things I think made one appreciate the fact that you 'd come , not only into a new town , but into a new way of life probably the fact that we had a staircase inside the house , which was the first time that we 'd had a staircase between our bedrooms and our living rooms |
5 | She was the headmistress of a school in Bolton and read about me when Alec Donaldson wrote an article in the Yorkshire Post , which was the first time my name was brought to the attention of the public . |
6 | As you will appreciate , we completed fully the recent form you sent us , which was the first time I can remember seeing one of this kind . |
7 | The only cloud on the immediate horizon is raising a mortgage — especially if you are a first time buyer . |
8 | ‘ Well , there 's a first time for everything , as I m sure you remember , Mrs Cornforth … |
9 | THERE is a first time for everything : Aladdin was the first panto I 'd been to and the first Frank Bruno has performed in . |
10 | Presumably few people said ‘ No ’ to him , Well , Kelly reflected as she dialled the Templemans ' number angrily , there was a first time for everything . |
11 | ‘ Would it be the first time ? |
12 | It were the first time I ever heard him do it . |
13 | ‘ Mind you , it 's the first time they 've been here , and if I 'm any judge it 'll be the last . |
14 | Fuck it , we thought , it 's the first time Malcolm 's splashed out and Vivienne 's coming on at us like some kind of school maam , and Malcolm was n't bothered , he was past caring . |
15 | It 's the first time Bentley has had an all-new shape to itself for almost two generations — since 1952 , in fact , when the first of the R-type Continentals was launched in limited numbers and initially for export only . |
16 | It 's the first time in his career he has n't come out on top . |
17 | ‘ It 's the first time an older woman has really stirred me . ’ |
18 | ‘ It 's the first time that Jackie and Terry have met , ’ beamed someone else from Heinemann , sailing resolutely forward towards the cameras . |
19 | It 's the first time I have ever let her be alone with him , and now look . ’ |
20 | And ices afterwards , I should think , as it 's the first time we 've ever had supper together , away from school . ’ |
21 | ‘ It 's the first time I 've seen him without all his hangers-on , ’ Cy commented . |
22 | It 's the first time we have been on a coach holiday and we were a bit apprehensive . |
23 | ‘ It 's the first time we 've been banned anywhere , ’ said Barry , adding that singer Michael Stipe had been involved in the production of the video and that the rest of the band had only seen it once . |
24 | It 's the first time in years that I 've enjoyed the charts . |
25 | ‘ It 's the first time I 've ever done a cover and it was a lot of fun . |
26 | It 's the first time the team has had an official kit sponsor . |
27 | It 's the first time I 've done so . ’ |
28 | ‘ It 's the first time I have taught at a university . |
29 | ‘ It 's the first time in my life that someone really cares for me . |
30 | ‘ It 's the first time we have dealt with anyone assaulted with a Christmas tree . |