Example sentences of "when they [verb] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile , London Division One outfit Tabard will have the crowd on their feet when they host First Division giants Northampton . |
| 2 | While they had shared championship success when they had first met , after a split of four years it was their second era together that brought the ultimate honour for them both — the 1987 Open Championship title . |
| 3 | He knew little more about her now than when they had first encountered each other in the abbey ruins on a blustery August evening less than six weeks earlier , had for a minute stood and gazed and had then moved silently towards each other in a wordless , amazed recognition . |
| 4 | She was no longer the girl she had been when they had first come to live at Cherry Tree Farm . |
| 5 | When they had first come to live at Thorsbury , she had felt a little piqued by Stephen 's neglect of her , while realising that his obsession with work was not really of his own choosing . |
| 6 | They had played quite a bit at Hurlingham when they had first been married . |
| 7 | Brightly lit as on a stage , she saw the bodies still , more garish , more brightly lit than when they had first met her horrified eyes . |
| 8 | When they had first met she thought he was funny , he guessed , though kind too . |
| 9 | Something had sparked into life when they had first set eyes on each other , though , and even Julius 's self-control had melted away as the spark had ignited a flame , and then a fire . |
| 10 | No wonder Piers had been so contemptuous of her when they had first met . |
| 11 | Perhaps Piers had been no more than a struggling architect when they had first met , and she had not been content to lead a life of poverty . |
| 12 | She knew immediately that Roman 's mood had changed ; he was looking as grim as when they had first met , but he said nothing as they got into the car . |
| 13 | Even when they had first been married , Ross has always been quite determined that — |
| 14 | Nor , when their parents had already helped them more than enough with furniture and carpets and the like when they had first moved in , did she think she could take any more from them . |
| 15 | Vitor was looking at her in the way he had looked at her so many months ago — when they had first met , when she had felt that tug . |
| 16 | All he had ‘ known ’ when they had first met had been lust , pure and simple . |
| 17 | She liked Sergei a lot , had fancied him like mad when they 'd first met , at the house of mutual acquaintances in Moscow . |
| 18 | We 'd heard the dogs ' barking spreading through the trees when they 'd first been unleashed . |
| 19 | There had been a moon when they 'd first arrived , but the clouds had come while they were chopping wood , and the rain while they 'd cooked dinner on the two little primus stoves . |
| 20 | Cardiff turned back to Rohmer , and remembered again that feeling he was sure they 'd shared when they 'd first encountered each other . |
| 21 | When they 'd first arrived at the Base , she had quite liked the old Administrator , but since Paula 's death he 'd changed . |
| 22 | The Doctor had mentioned ionization when they 'd first entered the Operations Room ; ionization caused by electrical activity . |
| 23 | When they 'd first re-entered the apartment the place had been crawling with a crowd of men who were mending the air-conditioning , installing a computer and modem to a fresh telephone line , and plugging in the dreaded fax machine . |