Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] the first time " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I scored the first time after eight minutes . |
2 | I knew the first time was seldom ideal and I wanted to get past it to the second and third times , and all the times after that , when our love could go forward and mature and develop . |
3 | She remembered the first time she 'd seen him , striding tall and long-legged into the reception area of the TV station , instantly dominating the place by sheer presence alone . |
4 | Remember what he said when we called the first time ? |
5 | I mean you 'll spend just what you wan na spend in Spain , I mean like we , the night , when we went the first time , we took an ice box , but oh , we |
6 | The next night , Captain Edward ( Ted ) Parsons RE and his paddler , Leading Seaman Irvine , prepared to land , Ted Parsons taking a ducking as he tried the first time to board the canoe in a nasty swell . |
7 | Algy used up his measure of luck , I was then given a super navigator with only the sharpest of pencils and the instinct of a homing pigeon who took me through my tour ; he perished the first time he New without me after I was hijacked to Bennett 's staff . |
8 | He recalled the first time he had seen the impressive building as a schoolboy on a day 's outing to see the sights of London . |
9 | I did n't enjoy it when it happened the first time . |
10 | He remembered the first time he had come there , his first coveted invitation to the home of one of the richest men in West Germany . |
11 | As he walked behind the lawnmower he did n't care for , he remembered the first time he 'd ever seen her . |
12 | It marked the first time that an Offshore Division production platform has been used to process oil or natural gas from a third party well . |
13 | It does n't bother me the way it did the first time . |
14 | And even if a miracle somehow happened and he agreed to try again , it would simply end up exactly the same way it did the first time . |
15 | ‘ It would bore the rest of the company even more than it did the first time . ’ |
16 | The voice held the same polite incredulity as it had the first time . |
17 | She re-read the previous page , but by the time she 'd got to the bottom again it made as little sense as it had the first time . |
18 | He had spoken the compliment as though he really meant it , just as he had the first time he 'd said it . |
19 | There he was , Prince Nicolo Sabatini , standing at the rear of the showroom , completely alone , his arms folded over his chest , watching her exactly as he had the first time she 'd set eyes on him , with such a fierce blend of desire and anger that her heart leaped into her throat . |
20 | you know what he said the first time we went into sociology I mean I feel a bit like you must of felt then |