Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [adv] the first time " in BNC.
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| 1 | yeah I mean to be honest it 's just a case of one of you , it does go that way , I knew I was right the first time , of one of you just remembering |
| 2 | you were right the first time . |
| 3 | ‘ No … you were right the first time : what happened between us was a dreadful mistake … unplanned . |
| 4 | No , you were right the first time boy ! |
| 5 | It was n't the first time he 'd thought that , but this time he was sure . |
| 6 | Mrs Bennett would have a fit if she knew Celia had gone up to Beckwith 's Folly , but it was n't the first time lately that she had been overwhelmed by the desire to escape , although it was the first time she had actually done anything about it . |
| 7 | It was n't the first time Berowne had spent the night in St Matthew 's church vestry . ’ |
| 8 | It was n't the first time her pupil had mentioned Rossmayne and each time the girl 's face had lit up in a way which made the nun catch her breath . |
| 9 | It was n't the first time he 'd had this nightmare ; it was happening more often nowadays . |
| 10 | For it was n't the first time this had happened , by no means . |
| 11 | It was n't the first time Luke had contacted her since their sight seeing expedition — the flowers that by now she was coming to expect had arrived promptly next day , and with them a handwritten note — but it was the first time that she had heard his voice . |
| 12 | It was n't the first time in the Church and especially amongst the orthodoxly successful echelons of bishops and archdeacons , that Theodora had met a reluctance to tangle with that eminence grise , Gilbert Racy . |
| 13 | It was n't the first time she 'd heard that kind of comment . |
| 14 | It was n't the first time Isabel had said the words . |
| 15 | No , it was n't the first time , but remembering what had happened previously , how he had kissed her and , worst of all , how she had responded , she knew it was the last place she would have chosen when she needed to keep a clear head ! |
| 16 | It was n't the first time Juliet had wished she were n't an only child . |
| 17 | It was not the first time the 48-year-old comedian and doctor had pooped the party . |
| 18 | It was not the first time , but it was the worst . |
| 19 | It was not the first time he had seen such symptoms . |
| 20 | It was not the first time Bill had felt let down by Mandy . |
| 21 | It was not the first time Stumpf 's skills had been put to such use . |
| 22 | It was not the first time that Orton , the veteran Malawi politician , had suffered this sort of torture . |
| 23 | It was not the first time he had come home covered in blood . |
| 24 | I replied that it was not the first time , but that I had borne the previous occasions with courage and would do so now . |
| 25 | It was not the first time he had been the recipient of an undiplomatic reference to the absence of colonial genes in Alexei 's physique , manner and appearance . |
| 26 | It was not the first time they had been told this . |
| 27 | It was not the first time that Islamist sympathizers had succeeded in having action taken against a literary work — this had happened in 1959 and especially since the late 1980s . |
| 28 | It was not the first time they had played this mischievous game with each other , on stage . |
| 29 | Whilst the venue on this occasion was central and it was not the first time the A.G.M. had been held on a Friday evening , the Committee appreciates that perhaps the idea of holding the Meeting on the evening before the Dinner Dance to enable those travelling to London to attend both events was not a good one . |
| 30 | It was not the first time I had seen " my " insects . |