Example sentences of "[pers pn] was the first time " in BNC.

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1 I had no idea where I was the first time
2 It was the first time our national and international network had gathered together in one place and made us all realise just how much the work has grown . ’
3 It was the first time Yusupov has ever beaten Karpov , and leaves the scores level with three games left to play .
4 It was the first time we 'd had proper monitors on stage — which meant it was the first time John heard his own voice .
5 It was the first time we 'd had proper monitors on stage — which meant it was the first time John heard his own voice .
6 Running the film group for ICI gave Haslam particular pleasure because it was the first time he had ever been fully in charge of a business , which he found very challenging .
7 Brian , a twenty-year-old draughtsman , had seen it all before , but it was the first time for Jane , his nineteen-year-old wife , whose daytime job is as a telephonist .
8 I do not know if it was the first time since his appointment as executive chef at the Carlton Tower in 1968 , but I do know it was a rare occurrence to see him even emerge from his kitchen , let alone dine .
9 In practice , she learnt to ski ; but it was the first time she had been away from her friends and family , the first time she had been on a plane , the first time she had been abroad , and she was desperately unhappy .
10 It was the first time that such an offer had ever been made ; initially , he was loath to put his sketches on public display — but he was also flattered .
11 It was the first time since her death that he had been able to think of it with anything like acceptance .
12 It was the first time that night Bob had displayed any real emotion .
13 Mr Jack Straw , Labour 's shadow education secretary , said last night that it was the first time in his 10 years in Parliament that responsibility for piloting such an important piece of legislation through committee had been left to such junior departmental politicians .
14 It was the first time that a US Secretary of State held official talks with East German leaders on their own territory , underlining Washington fears that a collapse of the East German reform process could imperil developments throughout Eastern Europe .
15 It was the first time the church authorities had discussed the issue of the refugees , some 25,000 of whom have entered Hungary from the south over the past year .
16 When he finally did stop working , it was the first time in a year and a half that everyone involved stopped and got a chance to take a break , and once everyone took a break , things began to change .
17 169 all out gave West Indies a win by an innings and 79 runs , the first time they had beaten England by an innings at home since 1934–5 ; by coincidence , it was the first time an England captain had chosen to field first in the Caribbean since Wyatt did in the same series .
18 It was the first time since 1921 that England had lost the first three Tests of a home rubber .
19 It was the first time two West Indian batsmen had made a century stand for the sixth wicket in each innings of a Test and it took the game right away from England ; when the last wicket fell , Logie was left unbeaten on 95 , the score was 397 , and England had to survive for the best part of two days .
20 It was the first time he 'd bothered to read through them and he found much useful material for his hobby of persecuting Gina .
21 It was the first time she had ever warned him off anything private and for a moment he looked puzzled and embarrassed .
22 It was the first time she 'd heard her speak .
23 It was the first time Dana had stayed in an English house , and I think he was delighted with the difference between it and his home in the United States .
24 As I opened it , and looked out , I realized that it was the first time I had consciously looked out : before , I had always been hurrying by .
25 It was the first time , since the 1916 split , that all the major political leaders within the Liberal Party — David Lloyd George , Sir Herbert Samuel and Sir John Simon — had placed their names upon a major economic report .
26 It was the first time I had made this mistake , but Bamba immediately turned and ran back to us .
27 It was the first time during the Third Reich that a Führer speech had provoked such direct criticism in the reportage of upper civil servants .
28 I was to write about it for Cosmopolitan , she for Trud ; it was the first time she had been outside the Soviet bloc .
29 It was the first time in her life she had ever hit anyone .
30 It was the first time in the campaign that there had been any rapport between the embattled figures on the platform and the assembled press and television correspondents .
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