Example sentences of "first time they [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I once conducted a major European orchestra , a German orchestra , and I conducted the introduction Allegro of Elgar and it was the first time they 'd ever , ever played any Elgar , and they did n't like the piece . |
| 4 | It was the first time they had ever spoken of the affection they felt . |
| 5 | That night the BBC ran the obituary twice — the first time they had ever done so for anyone , and the first television obituary to consist of a filmed interview with the deceased . |
| 6 | But it was the first time they had ever lived privately together . |
| 7 | I think that erm the actual position er assured was that industry gave us a quotation in erm April nineteen ninety two which actually was somewhat higher than we 'd anticipated , but I 'm not sure that industry reyu viewed it as an increase because it was probably the first time they had formally quoted a price . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Rural living standards in most areas had improved significantly in the 1980s , but last year for the first time they fell back . |
| 10 | And he was so puppyish that first time they came round together to my place . |
| 11 | Agate conceded that one occasionally saw cabinet ministers at the movies , but it was obvious to him that this particular audience had never heard the Mendelssohn , whilst his friend was prompted to comment that it was ‘ the first time they 've ever heard the fiddle ’ . |
| 12 | For most children , this is the first time they 've ever seen Reindeer . |
| 13 | Most people feel homesick the first time they leave home , no matter how old they are . |
| 14 | This is a splendid opportunity to enjoy the fantastic visibility from the Trislander 's big windows , for many passengers the first time they have really had much of a view from an aircraft . |
| 15 | The first time they tried out death in the arena the Christian got infected by the general bloodlust and bit the lion . |