Example sentences of "the first time since [pers pn] had " in BNC.
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| 1 | When they went through the first gate at the bottom of the hill they were out of people 's eyes for the first time since they had met . |
| 2 | Val left him for the first time since they had set up house , and went briefly ‘ home ’ . |
| 3 | Their spirits had parted , and though their bodies stayed together for a while longer , it was the first time since they had met that they found it difficult to talk . |
| 4 | For the first time since they had left the house , he seemed rather less relaxed . |
| 5 | In early July the waiting was broken by the excitement of Maggie coming home for the first time since she had left for London . |
| 6 | A light breeze made play with her skirts and , for the first time since she had arrived at Yelton , she wished she could let down her hair and feel the wind run its fingers through it . |
| 7 | For the first time since she had moved back into the house , she knew she could n't face an evening with Jacob . |
| 8 | In fact she lay in the warm , dark grey shadows of her room quite at peace for the first time since she had come to Italy . |
| 9 | Jelka looked about her , letting herself relax for the first time since she had heard of the attack on the Project , drinking in the harmony of the garden . |
| 10 | She thought she might even be able to get a good night 's sleep for the first time since she had arrived at the house . |
| 11 | A sense of self-preservation cautioned her not to stick around , and before he could react she sprinted up to the house , feeling strangely exhilarated for the first time since she had left England . |
| 12 | ‘ Daddy , darling , ’ Alyssia said , smiling genuinely for the first time since she had stepped foot back on to English soil and kissing him on the tip of his nose , ‘ in your own cantankerous way , you 've put your finger right on the button . ’ |
| 13 | Next morning , for the first time since she had started at G.W. , she arrived late , almost too terrified to step across the threshold . |
| 14 | He looked at McAllister for the first time since she had begun to help him , and saw her strained white face , the eyes enormous in it . |
| 15 | It was the direction of her life she was questioning , for the first time since she had settled on a career . |
| 16 | He looked as if he was going to protest , but his eyes caught her face , and for the first time since she had known him Nelson was one hundred per cent a grown-up . |
| 17 | For the first time since I had been shot down I was alone . |
| 18 | For the first time since I had come to the college I had access to student political material because my boyfriend was reading the posters , leaflets and student newspapers to me . |
| 19 | For the first time since I had to leave home , this is a place that will leave a scar . |
| 20 | Tug opened his mouth automatically , but for the first time since he had been there , he let the words go unsaid . |
| 21 | She turned to look into Gazzer 's face , concentrating her attention on him for the first time since he had climbed up to sit beside her in the sand dunes . |
| 22 | She came last to Lachlan , and for the first time since he had startled her raised her head to look him in the face . |
| 23 | Allen spoke for the first time since he had joined them . |
| 24 | The silver-framed photograph of Philippe Chaumont had appeared for the first time since he had known Chantal . |
| 25 | ‘ Please , ’ she replied softly then looked at him for the first time since he had sat down . |
| 26 | He noticed too that for the first time since he had arrived at the Cages there was a total silence , as if all the eagles , and all the imprisoned creatures thereabout had instinctively understood that this old eagle 's troubled painful words marked an end to a terrible life ; and perhaps in some strange way the beginning of something none dared hope might come to pass . |
| 27 | So when it seemed the conversation was nearly over and , for the first time since he had known her , she appeared to have called for no reason , he was almost relieved to hear her ask , ‘ Now then , David , have you heard from him ? ’ |
| 28 | Mach looked up again , smiling for the first time since he had entered the room . |
| 29 | Last night , for the first time since he had married Fei Yen , he had summoned a woman to his bed — one of the serving girls from the kitchens — purging himself of the need that had raged in his blood like a poison . |
| 30 | For the first time since he had told her about Carol , Helen found that she could think about Adrian with something like calm . |