Example sentences of "the first time " in BNC.
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| 31 | The first time a boy kissed her , she thought he was being charitable and told him he did n't have to . |
| 32 | It was the flight path the one man she 'd ever been In Love with had taken her for the first time , after a late film at the Paris Pullman , Kensington to Hampstead at two a.m . |
| 33 | For the first time in all these barren weeks , she wrote poem after poem , cursed that Interflora was n't a 24-hour service and swore never to doubt again . |
| 34 | For the first time , she turned Lucy down for lunch . |
| 35 | For the first time , she felt total despair weld her to the spot . |
| 36 | Corfu the first time , years ago , the summer of Laurie Anderson and O Superman ; the summer she was in love with a difference . |
| 37 | After she fell in love with Astrid , she became Dragonfly Moonchild , the world her oyster , and for the first time on the daily journey , she saw an adventure playground over the hoardings by the Elephant and Castle , and all the poles were painted like a carousel . |
| 38 | The first time you step out , whether by accident or on purpose , a warning is imposed . |
| 39 | Consequently , you fall over or jack-knife forwards the first time you land heavily . |
| 40 | His early involvement in this so-called jazz-poetry — which achieved such popularity in the sixties — shows that Leonard , not for the first time , and certainly not the last , was ‘ where it was all happening ’ before it actually happened . |
| 41 | To this Leonard went , and there he stayed for several months , playing his part in the Pullman household under the terse agreement : ‘ If you stay , you 'll pull your weight , like the rest of us ’ ; ensconced in a lively family atmosphere for the first time in years . |
| 42 | Won a national competition — well a competition in a national magazine — by imagining how to put together three exceptional outfits for three occasions : a job interview , meeting a partner 's parents for the first time , and addressing a conference . |
| 43 | ‘ As you can see , now that we have stopped exposing ourselves to Tramen-exhalation we have developed heads and can talk to each other for the first time . |
| 44 | Offering the blond English boy — the one I was throwing water at now — half my lunch , and sitting there full of gratitude because he smiled , because he liked the taste of the piece of chicken dipped in cumin and saffron and he had smiled at me for the first time . |
| 45 | That was the first time I 'd seen a man 's penis so clearly and my mouth and throat went dry . |
| 46 | Perhaps because this was the first time I was all alone in a big city in a new country . |
| 47 | Prizemoney was awarded for the first time to competing teams in 1976 . |
| 48 | Perhaps , though , his greatest achievement , was in leading tennis back into the Olympic Games for the first time since 1924 . |
| 49 | This was not the first time that George had attempted a figurative animal sculpture . |
| 50 | What lies in pieces around them represents , in effect , a unique private exhibition open to a lucky few who for the first time in generations have had the opportunity for hands-on experience of greatness . |
| 51 | ‘ It was a conversion experience , ’ he says , ‘ I had seen his carvings in a vague sort of way already [ Esterly was then a post-graduate student at Cambridge and surrounded by some of Gibbons ' best work ] but I found myself looking at them there in St James 's as if for the first time . |
| 52 | For the first time we are trying to preserve the historical integrity of the carvings . ’ |
| 53 | Thoughts of acquiring a complete rake of steam-compatible Mk 1s from BR were aired for the first time in 1977 . |
| 54 | This was the first time the phrase Scenic Land Cruise had been used by a train operator — but it certainly was not the last . |
| 55 | Albeit with differing electrical systems , these units were of similar external appearance and brought to the Southern Region for the first time ( other than on the Waterloo & City line and the experimental PEP unit ) sliding-door stock which might ultimately be suitable for one-person operation . |
| 56 | For the first time in fourteen years the peak-hour commuter figures show growth ( a modest half per cent ) but an interview with David Kirby indicated that L&SE had no inkling of what was to come . |
| 57 | Anyone seeing such works of sculpture for the first time can not fail to note the harmonious line described through the perfectly proportioned bodies of the men and women portrayed . |
| 58 | It is when this mass of dancers divides and moves to the sides that the open space available for dancing is exposed fur the first time . |
| 59 | A Month in the Country Ashton 's romantic style Natalia and the Tutor embrace for the first time ( Lynn Seymour , Anthony Dowell ) |
| 60 | Well , three nuts spat me out and I can honestly say that the first time I fell , headfirst , facing outwards , above the wall we had just climbed , I really did see stars . |