Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] was the first time " in BNC.

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1 I guess it was the first time really in my life I 'd been totally left on my own .
2 It was the first time we 'd had proper monitors on stage — which meant it was the first time John heard his own voice .
3 He smelt the scent of the roses , and realised it was the first time he had walked here , the first time he had looked at them , in four years .
4 Duncan realized it was the first time Myeloski had mentioned Oldenburg 's Russian origins .
5 And I realized it was the first time I actually slept in a bed with Frank ever .
6 I think it was the first time you really spoke to me .
7 A spokesman for the British Field Sports Society said it was the first time he had heard of this happening ; which prompted Chapman Pincher to write in saying that the same thing had happened to him in 1961 ( Daily Telegraph , 21 and 24 December 1987 ) .
8 Announcing the award of £162,150 , Mr Justice Otton said it was the first time such an action had been brought .
9 He said it was the first time he 'd done so but he was damned if he was going to be wheeled into a restaurant like a blasted mental patient out with his nurse . ’
10 Philip Head , Chief Executive of the WDA , said it was the first time the agency had been asked to source Welsh suppliers for a company based in Germany and resulted directly from the WDA campaign to build business links with the motor regions of Europe .
11 , business director of Courtaulds Aerospace in Germany , said it was the first time in the world that a chromate-free coating had been given the go-ahead for civil aircraft manufacture .
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