Example sentences of "was the first time [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the first time we 'd had proper monitors on stage — which meant it was the first time John heard his own voice . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | It was the first time we made a connection . |
| 4 | It was the first time we had managed to get eight aircraft into the air in one formation in the nearly two months I had been on the island . |
| 5 | It was the first time we 'd ever done an overland journey . |
| 6 | ‘ Before this game , individuals had been performing well , but this was the first time we really played well as a team and it shows just what we are capable of . ’ |
| 7 | It was the first time we 'd returned to any location and I thought it must be a good sign . |
| 8 | But when I phoned her ( at a ‘ safe ’ house ) for this article , it was the first time we 'd spoken directly since the filming . |
| 9 | Visits supervisor Jenny Wallace said of the group : ‘ This was the first time we had welcomed a party from the Salvation Army . |
| 10 | ‘ That was the first time we 'd met . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ It was Sheena Hawthorne , and it was the first time we had set eyes on each other for 50 years , ’ Betty says . |
| 12 | that was the first time we had an inkling there was anything , and that was the Sunday before we moved and he said do you mind if I come and bring the shed up and then I can stop in there and I go and have , a , anyway , he came with Alan and she made you a cup of coffee did n't she ? |
| 13 | The Home Secretary 's reserve powers were not intended to be used frequently and this was the first time they had been used . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Their 4-1 defeat by Australia here last year was the first time they had lost a one-day series at home . |
| 16 | Although they had often stayed in the country , this was the first time they had lived in it , and that makes all the difference . |
| 17 | It was the first time they had ever spoken of the affection they felt . |
| 18 | It was the first time they had met although he had known of her existence as he had of all the handful of people who lived , as the Lydsett villagers said , ‘ t' other side of the gate ’ . |
| 19 | Many speakers rose to say that this was the first time they had actually met so-and-so , although they had spent hours communicating with them electronically . |
| 20 | It was the first time they 'd heard him admit the Store was built by humans . |
| 21 | I know this was the first time they 'd ever thought of or considered themselves as artists , before that I guess they just thought they were lucky . |
| 22 | It was the first time they had conceded four goals at home since the Manchester United of Charlton , Law and Best rammed four past them in 1969 . |
| 23 | Rumours about them had circulated for several years but this was the first time they had been linked by a named source — former US ambassador Lewis Fields . |
| 24 | I was playing loads of rave music , and at the end they were begging us not to go off because it was the first time they 'd ever heard it properly . |
| 25 | It was the first time they had been alone together since Abbotsfield . |
| 26 | Duncan realized that this was the first time they had discussed their private lives since they had met . |
| 27 | We took the children , when we had the bus we took the children to Southend that was the first time they had all been out together and the owner of the Kersal and the person responsible on the council for the erm maintaining of of Southend , such as the Chairman , they put the Kersal at our disposal ! |
| 28 | This was the first time they 'd been out together since the alleged phone-calls , and if there 'd been any more since then she had n't mentioned it . |
| 29 | Not that it was the first time they 'd been cut . |
| 30 | But it was the first time they had ever lived privately together . |