Example sentences of "[art] [noun] the first time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dougal was so cold that he dropped the key the first time he put it in the lock . |
| 2 | She wore her hair squeezed up into a ballooning Afro by the same red bandana that she had worn down on the dock the first time Trent had seen her . |
| 3 | He seemed to settle finally for us , us being the police , or at least the fact-seekers and , clearing his throat , he told me that his men with grappling irons and magnets had missed finding the floorboards the first time , probably because the floorboards were n't magnetic . |
| 4 | I actually had to curtail part of the business the first time . |
| 5 | The take-over the first time a South African bank has bought a British bank values Ansbacher at £57.8m . |
| 6 | You reply at once if you get the meaning the first time ( ‘ Did you get wet ? |
| 7 | He had been in the boot the first time , and masked on the floor of the back seat the second . |
| 8 | Hatton got knocked on the head the first time but the second time he was n't hurt , only tied up . ’ |
| 9 | I also told her that there was no guarantee that she would come up with the answer the first time she was regressed , as this would be a new experience for her and her ever-protective subconscious would not want her to be upset in any way . |
| 10 | ‘ I set your name up on the account the first time we met . |
| 11 | Quite clearly you ca n't roll the dice the first time you win . |
| 12 | It had grown stale and ugly and he 'd left the Party the first time they sent the tanks in , but he did n't stop believing in the dream , the illusion , the myth , any more than he stopped believing in the Devil just because he did n't think there was a God . |
| 13 | The man who 's watching him followed him as near as possible to the mountain the first time but he could n't go any further without being seen — the same problem we had with Scano 's boy yesterday . |
| 14 | It did sting me a bit the first time I used it but has n't since . |
| 15 | Will you let me go again on the basis I made a cock-up the first time round . |
| 16 | The problem had been that there was no ceremony the first time around . |
| 17 | I would not expect an angler to hit , or even see , every bite he has on a swing-tip the first time he uses one . |
| 18 | Chances are I will be able to help you with other topics , so do n't be put off writing again because I was no help the first time . |
| 19 | Everyone forms some sort of impression of a person the first time that they meet . |
| 20 | ‘ You called me a dog the first time you saw me , ’ he said . |
| 21 | After a while I thought that as Dateline had been such a success the first time why not have some fun and do it again ? |
| 22 | They walk onto court with untuned muscles and joints in cold weather and then wonder why they pull a muscle the first time that they stretch for the ball . |