Example sentences of "[adv] first time [pers pn] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was also first time she had been back to Earth since being drafted into Spacefleet , escaping , and running for the stars in a clapped-out old trading ship owned by a clapped-out old trader . |
| 2 | Tina had told Jack the very first time they met : ‘ My dad hates the place — like my brothers do . ’ |
| 3 | From the very first time she 'd taken him down to meet her family , she had seen that they had n't liked him . |
| 4 | His mouth closed over hers again , the touch of it as intoxicating as it had been the very first time he had kissed her . |
| 5 | He was brilliant the very first time he ran . |
| 6 | Dana 's words struck at my heart , as he had done , quite deliberately , when he had told me : ‘ The very first time I saw you , I knew you were gay . ’ |
| 7 | The very first time I saw him he stopped on his way to the front door , three , maybe four in the morning . |
| 8 | The very first time I saw you around I only said hello and I said hi . |
| 9 | The very first time I met him , we lunched in downtown Barcelona with his first wife , Susy . |
| 10 | I remember ( the very first time I met him ) G.P. saying that collectors were the worst animals of all . |
| 11 | The very first time I worked for Heather Wilkinson was just before my thirteenth birthday . |
| 12 | From the very first time you took me to the pictures , you started to change me , shape me in your own image , make me like you . |
| 13 | I can remember the very first time it happened — I was out walking the dog with my mum and a car tooted at us , and my mum said , ‘ Oh , someone thinks your bottom 's nice ’ . |