Example sentences of "[adv] [art] first time [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Izzie returned with the cups of wine , saying softly to her father without looking at Gabriel , ‘ Was n't I right the first time I saw this boy ? |
| 2 | At first , this made Lucien nervous , especially the first time he came across a half-clad female sauntering along the sky-lit corridor outside his room on her way to the bathrooms . |
| 3 | ‘ I mean , to have a German plane shot down the first time we went up . ’ |
| 4 | When Razor went down the first time I was shouting and jumping up and down , ’ she said . |
| 5 | Mowed down the first time she left her new baby son |
| 6 | come on because it would have been perhaps the first time I suppose it would n't be a |
| 7 | They had done so the first time they got water for me and I had assumed they would continue . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 ? |
| 10 | So the first time you did it you were pretty happy with it were n't you ? |
| 11 | Once again , now it does n't matter which way round you start , you can start left over right or right over left , but the second time you do it opposite to the first time , so the first time I put the left one over first and the right one over that and then tuck it through , just like tying a shoe lace really , okay ? |
| 12 | So the first time I had a conversation with Mr Wogan was live on television ! |
| 13 | It was a tag that surprised me very much the first time I heard it … but now I 've stopped worrying . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 ! |
| 16 | For some people this is literally the first time they have thought about and felt sensual responses in their own body . |
| 17 | Though Jan was not initially aware of it , this was not the first time they 'd been cast together . |
| 18 | It was not the first time they had been told this . |
| 19 | It was not the first time they had played this mischievous game with each other , on stage . |
| 20 | So that when they get to university , it 's not the first time away from home , it 's not the first time they 've got their money and so on . |
| 21 | This is not the first time we have spun coins ! |
| 22 | ‘ It 's not the first time it 's happened this season , either . |
| 23 | It 's not the first time it 's happened here . |
| 24 | This was not the first time I had noticed the old enmity of the Norwegians for the Germans . |
| 25 | This was not the first time I had dabbled in adultery . |
| 26 | But I thought also — this is not the first time I have fled for my life with this man , who is brave if he is also stupid . |
| 27 | ‘ No , but it is not the first time I have been in such a situation . |
| 28 | It was not the first time I had seen " my " insects . |
| 29 | I heard you trying to persuade and then threaten this young lady to get her into your car , and it 's not the first time I 've witnessed such a thing . |
| 30 | This was not the first time I had come across the concept of ‘ Quality ’ as meant in this context . |