Example sentences of "[vb past] it [be] the first time " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the first time we 'd had proper monitors on stage — which meant it was the first time John heard his own voice . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Duncan realized it was the first time Myeloski had mentioned Oldenburg 's Russian origins . |
| 4 | And I realized it was the first time I actually slept in a bed with Frank ever . |
| 5 | Now if your person were to say come round , said it 's the first time they 've had a fit you get , call an ambulance , it may be epilepsy but it could be anything else , it could erm be , be the start of er something else in the brain because that 's all an epileptic fit is , it 's an electrical impulse , nobody actually knows why or when or how it 's caused , but it happens erm , but above all be very , very nice to your casualties , they 'll want to get up and they 'll run away , they want to get out , especially if it 's outside , because they 're embarrassed by it . |
| 6 | A spokeswoman for the band , whose hits include Love Cats and The Walk , said it is the first time The Cure will have played at such an intimate venue for almost ten years . |
| 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 . |