Example sentences of "was the first time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the first time since 1921 that England had lost the first three Tests of a home rubber . |
| 2 | It was the first time since 1966 that the FT , the paper serving businessmen and the City , had failed to endorse the Conservatives . |
| 3 | It was the first time since 1895 the election of the Speaker had been the subject of a division . |
| 4 | It was the first time since its creation in 1949 that the Wills constituency had returned a non-ALP member . |
| 5 | This was the first time since 1948 that the entire Legislative Yuan had been elected , and the first time ever that it had been elected entirely within Taiwan . |
| 6 | It was the first time at any level England have lost to Turkey and the warning for Graham Taylor on the eve of tonight 's World Cup qualifier at Wembley rang out loud and clear . |
| 7 | ‘ It was the first time with the woman I love . ’ |
| 8 | Brian , a twenty-year-old draughtsman , had seen it all before , but it was the first time for Jane , his nineteen-year-old wife , whose daytime job is as a telephonist . |
| 9 | It was the first time for a long while that Tommy had come into the dining rooms for his morning break and Carrie had spotted him from the window as he pulled up outside and climbed down wearily from his horsecart . |
| 10 | Nick , holding her , said quietly , " That was the first time for you . " |
| 11 | Owen had the impression that this was the first time for her , as it certainly was n't for the other two . |
| 12 | They ordered , sipped drinks , and Therese was conscious that it was the first time for years she had eaten a meal alone with a man . |
| 13 | It was the first time during the Third Reich that a Führer speech had provoked such direct criticism in the reportage of upper civil servants . |
| 14 | The trial of Mr Subono and Mr Nugroho was the first time in many years that the law was used to try ‘ leftists ’ rather than Muslim activists . |
| 15 | Mr Jack Straw , Labour 's shadow education secretary , said last night that it was the first time in his 10 years in Parliament that responsibility for piloting such an important piece of legislation through committee had been left to such junior departmental politicians . |
| 16 | When he finally did stop working , it was the first time in a year and a half that everyone involved stopped and got a chance to take a break , and once everyone took a break , things began to change . |
| 17 | It was the first time in her life she had ever hit anyone . |
| 18 | It was the first time in the campaign that there had been any rapport between the embattled figures on the platform and the assembled press and television correspondents . |
| 19 | It was the first time in American history that serving officers did not dare say what their commander-in-chief had told them to do . |
| 20 | It was the first time in years that I had blown my top in such a way , and I vowed that it would never happen again , that I would save all my aggression for the track . |
| 21 | It was the first time in his life that he had slept out of doors ; as a boy , he and Jean-Paul had often pleaded to do this , and it had always been forbidden . |
| 22 | It was the first time in his 75 years that he had ever been a hospital patient . |
| 23 | A rifleman hit two men crouching near the Colonel , who later wrote that ‘ this was the first time in warfare that I truly felt fear . |
| 24 | It was the first time in her life that she had been openly insulted . |
| 25 | It was the first time in my life I wanted to carry myself as a woman , not like a weird , kinda little ragamuffin girl . ’ |
| 26 | It was the first time in her life she 'd heard Frank say something bold to his father . |
| 27 | It was the first time in fourteen years that he was travelling alone , his best friend having died of pneumonia only weeks before . |
| 28 | It was the first time in my life I ever thought of Diana as beautiful . |
| 29 | It was the first time in my life I had acted like a complete sod to other people , and I felt that my behaviour was worse because I had loads of advantages the lesser recruits did n't : I could speak French ; I was basically healthier and therefore found fitness much easier ; I was a north European Caucasian which endeared me to some of the more racist instructors . |
| 30 | This was the first time in my life that I had lived in deep country , without easy access to shops , transport and people I knew . |