Example sentences of "but the first time " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the first time I conducted it I needed an ambulance to take me home ! |
| 2 | We ca n't remember any , but the first time we were on the cover was one of the high points of our short and illustrious career ( pass the sickbag please , stewardess ) |
| 3 | But the first time she 'd spoken to Colin he 'd told her there was a hi-tech at the manufacturer 's end , and the second time the shop had been closed . |
| 4 | But the first time I did use it I thought me inside were on fire . |
| 5 | Now I , I ca n't imagine any mother doing it twice , but the first time they said it was an accident . |
| 6 | but the first time back since the last war , |
| 7 | They had appeared together , Ken and he , in an early BBC TV show hosted by Gilbert Harding , but the first time they really worked together was on Beyond Our Ken , a show that he remembers somewhat less affectionately than the later Round The Horne . |
| 8 | But the first time the breadhead says it , you expect the worst : he 'll ask you to thieve , to sell your body , to start a life of crime . |
| 9 | ‘ That came out of you like drawing a tooth , ’ said Isambard critically , ‘ but the first time 's the hardest . |
| 10 | It was so dry , now , you know the scrumpy you get here , I mean , that , that , scrumpy jack is nothing like it , but the first time you drink real scrumpy in Somerset or Devon you know , or , or , or around there , and we go and your mouth goes |
| 11 | But the first time he 's hitting it |
| 12 | But the first time we went |
| 13 | Peter Grimes was put on in Paris , but the first time a French company has put on Peter Grimes . |