Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] the first time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The deal marks the first time a Test match will be shown live , in full , from the sub-continent . |
| 2 | A customer returns a skirt because the zip broke the first time she wore it . |
| 3 | Amy nodded , her eyes like saucers , and Kathleen remembered the first time she had worked in A and E. |
| 4 | But because of his private trainer status Sibton Abbey 's win on Saturday marked the first time Murphy 's name had been credited as trainer of a big race winner . |
| 5 | How did Doctor Jekyll feel the first time he became Mr Hyde ? |
| 6 | Though tragically killed in a recent motorbike accident , Madra was an undisputed maestro of the art , as well as an easy and informative friend whom I had known for some time , so it was a shock to witness the epic genius which came through him , and the transformation which both he and his audience underwent in that open village square the first time I saw him perform . |
| 7 | Yes , I hope so too , but , I have the feeling that the next , the next time we looked I do n't remember it having green peddles the first time you found it |
| 8 | The shift from family ownership to full stockmarket-listings marked the first time when the owners of American firms ceased to manage them . |
| 9 | Navratilova 's exit marked the first time no American woman had reached the quarter-finals of the US Open since women began playing in the tournament in 1887 . |
| 10 | It was a bit perplexing the first time I heard the chant though , because of the other associations that could be drawn from it ! |
| 11 | His finest moment came the first time he opened the hall door to a visitor and , standing a little aside , intoned , " Follow me , sir , " before proceeding with due dignity to announce the guest at the door of the morning room . |
| 12 | The author remembers the first time he was left with his first , brand-new child . |
| 13 | Monday marked the first time he spoke from the Oval Office , sitting at John F Kennedy 's desk , on a national holiday celebrating George Washington 's birthday . |
| 14 | Half the crowd expect a punk band and half are curious old gits who remember organ bands the first time around . |
| 15 | His magnificent second innings 133 , plus a top score the first time around , has served to magnify the glaring deficiencies in the batting line-up . |
| 16 | The provisions represent the first time that the Chinese Wall concept has been explicitly enshrined in statutory language in the US . |
| 17 | However , Saturday 's setback at Celtic Park marked the first time in a year Goram had been in a losing Rangers team ( he was injured when Dundee won at Dens Park in August ) , and the assured nature of his performances at domestic , European and international level have helped gather an army of voters who could make the goalkeeper the first since Hamish McAlpine ( in 1985 ) to win the Scottish Football Writers ' Association Player of the Year award . |
| 18 | Seacontrol represents the first time on-board maintenance software has been made commercially available to the shipping industry by a marine coatings supplier . |
| 19 | All major opposition parties voted for the bills , whose adoption marked the first time since 1945 that an opposition bill had been passed in the Upper House . |
| 20 | The ref said the first time the ball was n't on the spot properly so the kick had to be retaken . |
| 21 | In February '91 Tony started an essay on Arafat , ‘ I hooked up with him on two different occasions , over the course of a couple months , trying to do a photo-essay on him ; which was probably the most ridiculous thing to do the first time out of the box for a while — talk about a third-rate Keystone kops movie , with me as the star ! ’ |
| 22 | This year 's Republican Party primary elections mark the first time that the controversies of the past three years over the National Endowment for the Arts , the federal agency charged with arts support , have entered the realm of American presidential politics . |
| 23 | Though he recalled once scoring a hat-trick for Toronto Blizzard , Nicholl 's two goals against Dunfermline marked the first time in his senior career that the Irishman had notched a double in top-class football . |
| 24 | It was not difficult for Laura to remember the first time she had set eyes on Ross Wyndham , because it had also been the day of her cousin 's wedding . |
| 25 | The agreement marks the first time Nato has taken on a mission beyond its borders since the alliance was founded in 1949 . |