Example sentences of "first time since [pers pn] [vb past] [verb] " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | For the first time since they had left the house , he seemed rather less relaxed . |
| 4 | Val left him for the first time since they had set up house , and went briefly ‘ home ’ . |
| 5 | Jacko looked him in the eyes for the first time since they 'd met . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | For the first time since she had moved back into the house , she knew she could n't face an evening with Jacob . |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Next morning , for the first time since she had started at G.W. , she arrived late , almost too terrified to step across the threshold . |
| 15 | It was the direction of her life she was questioning , for the first time since she had settled on a career . |
| 16 | In early July the waiting was broken by the excitement of Maggie coming home for the first time since she had left for London . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | He guided her every step of the way , and for the first time since she 'd joined C 's Circus she felt like a woman being seduced . |
| 19 | For the first time since she 'd appeared she said his name , tentatively , as though in this darkness she 'd suddenly doubted he was real . |
| 20 | His voice had deepened , the words becoming more guttural as for the first time since she 'd met him he seemed to struggle with a language which was not his own . |
| 21 | For the first time since she 'd met him there was genuine warmth in his eyes , concern robbing his features of their normal granite harshness . |
| 22 | She could see it in his face , his guard , for the first time since she 'd known him , completely lowered . |
| 23 | For the first time since I had to leave home , this is a place that will leave a scar . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Jan sat on one of our original moquette chairs and Darren picked up the atmosphere and , for the first time since I 'd met him , sat on a chair in silence . |
| 26 | Bernie was speechless , for the first time since I 'd known him . |
| 27 | Returning to Moscow at the age of 52 , for the first time since he left to live in London 26 years ago , Ashkenazy said : ‘ In my modest way , I thought I could endorse what 's happening in my country . ’ |
| 28 | She came last to Lachlan , and for the first time since he had startled her raised her head to look him in the face . |
| 29 | For the first time since he had met him , Blake felt compassion for the old Time Lord . |
| 30 | Allen spoke for the first time since he had joined them . |