Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] the first time " in BNC.
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| 1 | A customer returns a skirt because the zip broke the first time she wore it . |
| 2 | Amy nodded , her eyes like saucers , and Kathleen remembered the first time she had worked in A and E. |
| 3 | But because of his private trainer status Sibton Abbey 's win on Saturday marked the first time Murphy 's name had been credited as trainer of a big race winner . |
| 4 | His finest moment came the first time he opened the hall door to a visitor and , standing a little aside , intoned , " Follow me , sir , " before proceeding with due dignity to announce the guest at the door of the morning room . |
| 5 | Monday marked the first time he spoke from the Oval Office , sitting at John F Kennedy 's desk , on a national holiday celebrating George Washington 's birthday . |
| 6 | The ref said the first time the ball was n't on the spot properly so the kick had to be retaken . |
| 7 | Though he recalled once scoring a hat-trick for Toronto Blizzard , Nicholl 's two goals against Dunfermline marked the first time in his senior career that the Irishman had notched a double in top-class football . |