Example sentences of "[adj] [was/were] [art] first time " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | After a while the whistle is repeated — by the same blackbird or by its mate — but always as if this were the first time it had occurred to him to whistle ; if this is a dialogue , each remark is uttered after long reflection . |
| 2 | Perhaps because this was the first time I was all alone in a big city in a new country . |
| 3 | This was the first time the phrase Scenic Land Cruise had been used by a train operator — but it certainly was not the last . |
| 4 | As Elijah Moshinsky looked out from the roof-top coffee shop of the plush hotel overlooking Plymouth Hoe — in which he is ensconced during rehearsals of Shadowlands — he confessed that this was the first time he had been to Plymouth in his life . |
| 5 | When the latest decision became known last night , Peter said that it was encouraging for Mansell , the Ferrari lawyer pointing out that this was the first time that the FIA had not confirmed a decision . |
| 6 | This was the first time I had seen him since the landings . |
| 7 | This was the first time she had come into my thoughts since I left England . |
| 8 | It was a very difficult period , because whereas retrenchment and redundancy are now something employees understand and accept , this was the first time it had ever happened in ICI since the war . |
| 9 | This was the first time this season that the number one Mercedes , which suffered all weekend from a curious instability on the bumpiest section of the 2.75 mile track , did not start a WSPC race from the front row . |
| 10 | The Home Secretary 's reserve powers were not intended to be used frequently and this was the first time they had been used . |
| 11 | This was the first time they had reached the second round and it was reflected in the atmosphere , though the official attendance of 3,877 , a record for the purpose-built Meadow Park ground , was hardly accurate . |
| 12 | This was the first time we had returned to Eggleston Burn since a summer visit in search of the Grass of Parnassus and butterwort that grow in its boggy flushes . |
| 13 | If he actually put his foot down and said , ‘ No , I think that 's ridiculous ’ , everyone shut up and listened , and I feel that this was the first time that he realised that he did have the powers of leadership , not only on stage but also off stage . ’ |
| 14 | This was the first time that the health service had ever been asked to make staff economies . |
| 15 | This was the first time he had ever talked about himself , so she knew it must be very important and felt flattered that he was confiding in her . |
| 16 | This was the first time . |
| 17 | In her words ‘ I find myself blaming this for my self-hate , my lack of confidence , my feeling of , ‘ how can anyone love me ’ ’ She had kept this a secret and this was the first time it had been put on paper . |
| 18 | This was the first time that a criminal prosecution had been taken out against the British nuclear industry . |
| 19 | This was the first time that the nuclear industry had admitted at a public inquiry that the electricity from one of its future reactors would be more expensive than the output from an equivalent coal-fired station . |
| 20 | This was the first time that father and son had been separated and it is apparent that Leopold undertook much of the organisation for the visit , advising Mozart and his mother of places to stay , even giving the costs of meals as they made their way through the German states . |
| 21 | It has been suggested that this was the first time a summer pavilion had been adapted from a Greek temple . |
| 22 | This was the first time I had seen him surf in the flesh , but for an entire month I had contemplated him pulling fearlessly into a vicious Pipeline tube when I should have been writing lectures . |
| 23 | I realized with a shock that this was the first time I had been really unhappy since I had been taken prisoner . |
| 24 | In years to come Karelius was often to reflect that this was the first time he had heard mention of the man whose destiny was to be so closely entwined with his own . |
| 25 | This was the first time I had been to the house and it seemed enormous . |
| 26 | Fawcett says that he had noticed scraps of similar material in earlier test runs on the apparatus , but this was the first time that he drew it to Gibson 's attention . |
| 27 | This was the first time that everyone else on the station at that time became aware of the danger , and they could only watch helplessly as the child stood petrified with fright between the rails . |
| 28 | Although they had often stayed in the country , this was the first time they had lived in it , and that makes all the difference . |
| 29 | But this was the first time that he showed an interest . |
| 30 | But this was the first time he 'd offered to share any of his inner self . |