Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] the first time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can hardly remember the first time I felt that we loved each other . |
| 2 | But you always remember the first time . |
| 3 | What she was thinking was that , unlike her memory block with Arnie , she could n't imagine ever forgetting the first time she 'd laid eyes on Guido . |
| 4 | I do all the things I did n't do the first time . |
| 5 | If the ruse did n't work the first time , it invariably did on the second occasion . |
| 6 | I do n't know how much of it I remembered , cos I 've seen it so often now , mm , ca n't remember the first time I saw it Did n't know . |
| 7 | This old woman do n't hear the first time , and when I say it again , she just says yes and walks away . |
| 8 | Just in case you did n't hear the first time . |
| 9 | Mary did n't resist the first time — did n't resist when he kissed her and she felt the strange , hard stubble on his face , nor when he moved on her , not even when he hurt her . |
| 10 | The next candidate , Richard Baxter , was unanimously chosen the first time they heard him preach . |
| 11 | Clint : ‘ There 's never been any doubt for us right form the first time we came over . |
| 12 | Even now she vividly recalled the first time she saw Nader at the exclusive Royal Club , a dining , gambling and sports centre . |
| 13 | She would never forget the first time , balanced high on the steep roof of the house , huddled from the wind against the chimney-stack , Fenna 's great shadow hovering over her , although Fenna had surely not been so hugely vast then as he was now , his shadow had not obliterated the stars , threatening their very existence . |
| 14 | No half day Saturdays , half day Saturdays , yes and then er I , I used to stay waiting for mother to come and my sister er to do the shopping in Willenhall cos they would n't shop anywhere else , and then erm my brother used to come with his cycle and er I used to carry a lot of the shopping back and my brother used to push a lot on his , on his cycle and mother and my sister used to stay down and have another walk around , but we 'd got to walk it back I 'd come back on the wagonette so or just after the buses started but er I 'll never forget the first time the bus ran it was pouring with rain and my sister was standing in front of me and she 'd got a new mac on and of course we were getting very wet and there was a scramble to get on the bus and the lady in front of her had got a bag of flour and of course the bag burst and went all down her |