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
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