Example sentences of "[adv] the first time he " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 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 .
3 It was not the first time he had seen such symptoms .
4 ‘ Yes , the pressure on me has increased since Stuart decided to come back on the England scene , but this is not the first time he has squeezed the position and I accept that challenge from a top-class player . ’
5 ‘ Yes , the pressure on me has increased since Stuart decided to come back on the England scene but this is not the first time he has squeezed the position and I accept that challenge from a top-class player . ’
6 It 's not the first time he 's gone off by himself . ’
7 It was not the first time he had come home covered in blood .
8 It was not the first time he had been the recipient of an undiplomatic reference to the absence of colonial genes in Alexei 's physique , manner and appearance .
9 Cleo concluded it was probably not the first time he 'd had to deal with a situation like this .
10 It is not the first time he has taken his countrymen and women to task for what he considers their cultural failings .
11 ‘ He met his cousin last night , and they drank too much wine , but do not worry — it is not the first time he spends the night like this . ’
12 It 's not the first time he 's presented on his college radio station .
13 Well , first of all , I 've heard that — it 's not the first time he 's been arrested , and it 's not the first time de-programmers have been arrested .
14 It was also the first time he had driven with navigator John Anthony , a retired fire officer from South Nutfield .
15 It was probably the first time he had been asked for such a drink , despite his long years of service .
16 I remember clearly the first time he played our first single .
17 It was n't the first time he 'd thought that , but this time he was sure .
18 It was n't the first time he 'd had this nightmare ; it was happening more often nowadays .
19 Probably you 'd already gathered that it is n't the first time he 's played similar tricks , and that he 's a law to himself , and comes and goes as he pleases .
20 I remember his telling us how the first time he encountered stress incontinence was as a young boy standing at the foot of the ladder while a little old country woman handed him down apples from the tree .
21 It was almost the first time he had sounded civil .
22 And sadly the first time he flew without me he perished , leaving Bob Pointer and myself wondering why events in our puny lives are so ordained and arranged as to inflict the maximum hurt at a time like that .
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