Example sentences of "first time [that] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first time that we find it is in 36 : They are a We unit , but at once they are split up into two incompatible halves : ‘ In our two loves there is but one respect/Though in our lives a separable spite ’ — that is , some malicious act of fortune keeps them separate . |
| 2 | Well I suppose at the , one of the best things , best examples of the difference was that my wife when she saw this house , knew that it was a house in which she could be happy , in which her tastes and , could spread themselves , erm rather than her tastes having to be curtailed by lack of space and lack of accommodation , erm , the fact that I had a garage which was essential er next to my house instead of some er quarter or twenty minutes ' walk away from where I lived as happened in London also made a terrific difference to comfort , erm the fact that there was a garden instead of a few windowboxes and a couple of tubs , all these things I think made one appreciate the fact that you 'd come , not only into a new town , but into a new way of life probably the fact that we had a staircase inside the house , which was the first time that we 'd had a staircase between our bedrooms and our living rooms |
| 3 | This is the first time that we have debated the subject in the House , which is a pity . |
| 4 | But it is the first time that we have seen such a phenomenon on a large scale . |
| 5 | So that 's what 's been going on in terms of output , in terms of orders already received , orders are up in all mainland regions of the U K. It 's the first time that we 've seen that since er the beginning of the recession and that 's the sense in which we think one can say erm reasonably sort of er straightforwardly that the recovery has indeed spread around the mainland economy . |
| 6 | This is n't the first time that we 've had a fire in the school and it is n't the first time that we 've solved the problem quickly , and we 'll have more again . |
| 7 | This is n't the first time that we 've had a fire in the school and it is n't the first time that we 've solved the problem quickly , and we 'll have more again . |
| 8 | There was more in this vein as they turned right , and Mungo realized for the first time that they were actually heading into the forest . |
| 9 | It may be the first time that they have had to live alone and that a whole new way of life has to be taken on board at a time when they are emotionally upset and feeling the sadness of being parted from their son or daughter . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | However , there were many instances cited where GPs felt that they could not ‘ help ’ users even when this was the first time that they had sought it . |
| 12 | There were complaints of inordinate delay such as to make a fair trial impossible ; that regulation 7 notices were served far too late ; that the police officers were not interviewed until a year later , that being the first time that they were notified of any specific allegations against them . |
| 13 | Everyone forms some sort of impression of a person the first time that they meet . |
| 14 | She noticed for the first time that they had stopped , and looking round , discovered that they were outside the house . |
| 15 | Or if somebody has a premiere it means it 's the first time that they do something . |
| 16 | Got the old watering can and then you get down on this plant , and then when they get a gist of that first time that they go whooo , you wake up in the morning , you 've got co , conifers like Jack and The Beanstalk coming |
| 17 | It was not , of course , the first time that she had exercised the powers of Regent , but on this particular occasion she knew that she would have to deal with a new constitutional structure in which it was envisaged that she would merely be informed by the Ministers and would take no decisions on her own . |
| 18 | This is the first time that she has met with something . |
| 19 | She had n't missed him at all when he died , but now she realized for the first time that she had lost her father . |
| 20 | She had only passed her driving test after her marriage and this was the first time that she had driven unaccompanied by night . |
| 21 | There were things he consciously noticed about people which he brought to mind long after he had ceased to watch them , but now he noted for the first time that she had very small feet — they could have belonged to the oriental he had imagined her to be through the sun haze . |
| 22 | It was the first time that she had forgotten the place of the Arab 's wife . |
| 23 | It was the first time that she had ever felt sorry for anyone . |
| 24 | It was the first time that she had seen Johnny dressed in full uniform . |
| 25 | She realised now for the first time that she had left her purse behind in Edward 's room . |
| 26 | It was n't the first time Luke had contacted her since their sight seeing expedition — the flowers that by now she was coming to expect had arrived promptly next day , and with them a handwritten note — but it was the first time that she had heard his voice . |
| 27 | For a moment she was taken aback , realising for the first time that she had n't explained herself very well , then , gathering her wits together , she retorted briskly , ‘ If you had n't assaulted me and accused me of being a burglar I would have told you that the Svend I 'm looking for is a student who met my sister at the Roskilde music festival and afterwards entertained her and her friends here in this apartment for several nights . ’ |
| 28 | She was so startled the first time that she said to it : ‘ How nice to see you , my lord . ’ |
| 29 | It was the first time that she had ever told anyone of what had happened . |
| 30 | FIFTIES star Connie Francis has confessed for the first time that she does not like her biggest hits . |