Example sentences of "the first time we " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ The first time we did it , the stock check was programmed to call up everything , ’ Brown says . |
2 | For the first time we are trying to preserve the historical integrity of the carvings . ’ |
3 | Yet virtually the first time we climbed together , had n't we spent nigh on a month clipping bolts in France and loving it ? |
4 | It was the first time we 'd had proper monitors on stage — which meant it was the first time John heard his own voice . |
5 | The first time we went , Marie wore her bra and knickers , but she was told off for that , so she bought this real nice swimming costume . |
6 | This was the first time we had returned to Eggleston Burn since a summer visit in search of the Grass of Parnassus and butterwort that grow in its boggy flushes . |
7 | ‘ The first time we went he looked at the dog and showed no interest . |
8 | 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 ’ . |
9 | His starting-point is La finta giardiniera which he regards , perhaps arguably , as a descendant of Richardson 's novel Pamela and also , unarguably , as the first time we hear , dramatically , Mozart 's individual voice . |
10 | Meeting Jack in his butch horn-rims gave me a feeling of intense familiarity and the first time we banged glasses together in mid-kiss I just knew it was sight at first love . |
11 | ‘ The first time we did Top Of The Pops it was quite horrible . |
12 | In these texts for the first time we find ‘ precatory ’ being used to describe the essential nature of trusts , and as the key to discovering what legal institution is involved . |
13 | For the first time we can differentiate the local atomic order around sodium from that surrounding calcium and from the atomic environment of silicon . |
14 | And ices afterwards , I should think , as it 's the first time we 've ever had supper together , away from school . ’ |
15 | It was the first time we made a connection . |
16 | For the first time we actually feel in control of our eating and of our body . |
17 | It was the first time we had managed to get eight aircraft into the air in one formation in the nearly two months I had been on the island . |
18 | It 's the first time we have been on a coach holiday and we were a bit apprehensive . |
19 | It was the first time we 'd ever done an overland journey . |
20 | ‘ It 's the first time we 've been banned anywhere , ’ said Barry , adding that singer Michael Stipe had been involved in the production of the video and that the rest of the band had only seen it once . |
21 | Clint : ‘ There 's never been any doubt for us right form the first time we came over . |
22 | ‘ This is the first time we have exported Bovril cubes anywhere , ’ a spokesman tells me . |
23 | ‘ The first time we talked about it was in summer 1991 , ’ she said . |
24 | ‘ It 's the first time we have dealt with anyone assaulted with a Christmas tree . |
25 | ‘ It will be the first time we have seen her since it happened , ’ said Mr Young , a TV repair man , before they left home at Watton , Norfolk , for the visit to the mortuary . |
26 | QPR hardly made a chance and were given an even bigger mauling by boss Gerry Francis afterwards , who fumed : ‘ This is the first time we have conceded four since we were last here 15 months ago . |
27 | ‘ For the first time we 're a little bit on the sidelines and in some ways this will make the Government 's standpoint a bit stronger , ’ reckons Kern . |
28 | ‘ This is the first time we 've issued a warning because of violence on the highway , ’ an American AA spokesman said . |
29 | ‘ It 's the first time we 've had a patient like this , ’ said Nurse Jean-Claude Auge yesterday . |
30 | ‘ It 's the first time we 've had a patient like this , ’ Nurse Jean-Claude Auge said yesterday . |