Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] the first time " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is by no means the first time that national security has been raised as a defence in legal proceedings against the Crown . |
| 2 | It is by no means the first time that there has been unacceptable , totally unsporting behaviour along such lines in that part of the world . |
| 3 | ‘ Faber would not be for sale even at the right price , ’ commented Matthew Evans a touch wearily — this being by no means the first time he has had to deny such rumours . |
| 4 | I fell madly in love with this area of Scotland the first time I set eyes on it , and subsequently crawled all over it for years , marvelling at how many caves Bonnie Prince Charlie managed to occupy in his escape from the Redcoats . |
| 5 | The Prince of Wales kissed his wife in public in February the first time in four years as she presented prizes to players in his polo match on their Indian tour . |
| 6 | It was in fact the first time in his life that he had looked at any woman . |
| 7 | It was in fact the first time she had thought of such a thing , and it did not seem to be a very good idea , but nothing irritated her more than being addressed in that Listen With Mother voice ( particularly as her daughter-in-law spoke to her children quite normally ) and it goaded her to contrariness . |
| 8 | We 'll stay put in old West Ken , ’ but Oliver had seen it all , and I came to America the first time on May 25th . |
| 9 | ‘ Never been able to drink instant since I went to America the first time . |
| 10 | it 's been uppermost in my mind a few times but the I daresay I would n't go to prison the first time . |
| 11 | Felt guilty as hell the first time I went on there ! |
| 12 | It was his soft eyes that had put her at ease the first time she met him , when she timidly knocked at his door just a few years ago , the evening when Fred employed a helper and found his future wife . |
| 13 | He did nt have THAT at Leeds the first time round . |