Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] the first time " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had done so the first time they got water for me and I had assumed they would continue . |
| 2 | She could remember vividly the first time she had tried dope , the day that she had found out about her mother 's affair from one of her classmates . |
| 3 | I remember clearly the first time he played our first single . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I know of one person who failed completely the first time round , & did very well the second ; and Lord Rothschild mentions an eminent scientist , who got one ‘ C ’ the first time & 7 ( yes , seven ) A's the second , but he was a genius — or a freak . |
| 6 | Yeah , the first thing I 've ever the first time I 've shaved my legs , I forgot the water . |