Example sentences of "[verb] the first time [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah it is , I mean the first time I bought it |
| 2 | On one of these trips to London when I was at school , good when we went with the Brownies , I went two or three times and er , one time when I was a bit older , I mean the first time I went as I say I was only about seven , but , when I was a bit older I went again , they said if |
| 3 | Algy used up his measure of luck , I was then given a super navigator with only the sharpest of pencils and the instinct of a homing pigeon who took me through my tour ; he perished the first time he New without me after I was hijacked to Bennett 's staff . |
| 4 | times , I forget the first time I had her . |
| 5 | It was not difficult for Laura to remember the first time she had set eyes on Ross Wyndham , because it had also been the day of her cousin 's wedding . |
| 6 | For a split second he experienced that same numbing fear he had felt the first time he had come under enemy fire . |
| 7 | Tsu Ma knelt down and held his shoulders , nodding , remembering how he had felt the first time he had seen the ritual , not then knowing what was happening , nor why . |
| 8 | die the first time they 've tried it |
| 9 | How did Doctor Jekyll feel the first time he became Mr Hyde ? |
| 10 | Remembering the first time I 'd done the climb , back in 1964 , an echo of precise-edged delicacy tingled in my mind . |
| 11 | His finest moment came the first time he opened the hall door to a visitor and , standing a little aside , intoned , " Follow me , sir , " before proceeding with due dignity to announce the guest at the door of the morning room . |
| 12 | He recalled the first time he had seen the impressive building as a schoolboy on a day 's outing to see the sights of London . |
| 13 | Even now she vividly recalled the first time she saw Nader at the exclusive Royal Club , a dining , gambling and sports centre . |
| 14 | These hijras are very bad and very dirty ladies , ’ he had said the first time I tried to give Razia a lift in his car . |
| 15 | . Said the first time she came round she did n't look at it , and then , after that she looked really I hope she does n't fall . |
| 16 | It is unlikely that any of us could remember the first time we saw our own reflection ( mirrors often form part of toys aimed at very small babies , such as activity mats or cot toys , and there are , of course , lakes , kettles and other possibilities for reflection ) ; what is likely is that it was a member of our family ( probably our mother ) who told us : ‘ That 's you , that 's what you look like ’ . |
| 17 | I can hardly remember the first time I felt that we loved each other . |
| 18 | Y'know , I can remember the first time I wore them . |
| 19 | I can remember the first time I got drunk on Scotch . |
| 20 | I do n't know how much of it I remembered , cos I 've seen it so often now , mm , ca n't remember the first time I saw it Did n't know . |
| 21 | I can remember the first time I ever |
| 22 | It was a bit perplexing the first time I heard the chant though , because of the other associations that could be drawn from it ! |
| 23 | And we talked of the Red Fort and how Pakeezah had cried the first time she went around it as a schoolgirl . |
| 24 | Added to that , there was something about the Wartberg works that I found soothing the first time I went there for the interview . |
| 25 | Though tragically killed in a recent motorbike accident , Madra was an undisputed maestro of the art , as well as an easy and informative friend whom I had known for some time , so it was a shock to witness the epic genius which came through him , and the transformation which both he and his audience underwent in that open village square the first time I saw him perform . |
| 26 | ‘ I remember the first time we went to bed and did the business . |
| 27 | I remember the first time I offered Dana one of these cigarettes : he accepted one , and I then took one myself . |
| 28 | I remember the first time I used the frail I got a clout o' the skull that I 'd remember . |
| 29 | " I remember the first time I tried that , " said Kian . |
| 30 | I remember the first time I saw him , appearing out of the winter darkness in that unmade-up lane outside his house in Greenwich . |