Example sentences of "[art] first time [pers pn] had " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Home Secretary 's reserve powers were not intended to be used frequently and this was the first time they had been used . |
| 2 | This was the first time they had reached the second round and it was reflected in the atmosphere , though the official attendance of 3,877 , a record for the purpose-built Meadow Park ground , was hardly accurate . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Their 4-1 defeat by Australia here last year was the first time they had lost a one-day series at home . |
| 5 | For the first time they had a doctor with them , Malcolm Pleydell , who had been posted to L Detachment and had completed his parachute training . |
| 6 | Although they had often stayed in the country , this was the first time they had lived in it , and that makes all the difference . |
| 7 | The first time they had met , he had fished her headgear out of the canal . |
| 8 | It was the first time they had ever spoken of the affection they felt . |
| 9 | It was the first time they had met although he had known of her existence as he had of all the handful of people who lived , as the Lydsett villagers said , ‘ t' other side of the gate ’ . |
| 10 | Many speakers rose to say that this was the first time they had actually met so-and-so , although they had spent hours communicating with them electronically . |
| 11 | That night the BBC ran the obituary twice — the first time they had ever done so for anyone , and the first television obituary to consist of a filmed interview with the deceased . |
| 12 | He thought of Claire Fraser , and the first time they had met , at Brandon Manor in the heart of the Cotswolds . |
| 13 | It was the first time they had conceded four goals at home since the Manchester United of Charlton , Law and Best rammed four past them in 1969 . |
| 14 | Rumours about them had circulated for several years but this was the first time they had been linked by a named source — former US ambassador Lewis Fields . |
| 15 | It was the first time they had been alone together since Abbotsfield . |
| 16 | Duncan realized that this was the first time they had discussed their private lives since they had met . |
| 17 | It was August now , and the first time they had gone on holiday without him . |
| 18 | We took the children , when we had the bus we took the children to Southend that was the first time they had all been out together and the owner of the Kersal and the person responsible on the council for the erm maintaining of of Southend , such as the Chairman , they put the Kersal at our disposal ! |
| 19 | They were the same colours-the same jewels — as those he had worn the first time they had met . |
| 20 | It was not the first time they had been told this . |
| 21 | But it was the first time they had ever lived privately together . |
| 22 | so you would actually be talking to economists , lawyers and accountants , and very often you had a feeling that the first time they had come together to talk to each other was when the CNAA arrived . |
| 23 | It was not the first time they had played this mischievous game with each other , on stage . |
| 24 | I think that erm the actual position er assured was that industry gave us a quotation in erm April nineteen ninety two which actually was somewhat higher than we 'd anticipated , but I 'm not sure that industry reyu viewed it as an increase because it was probably the first time they had formally quoted a price . |
| 25 | This was the first time they had shared such intimacies , yet there was a familiarity about the touch of muscle and skin , the shape of flesh and bone . |
| 26 | This was the first time they had dealt with a potential bombing , as in the past their fakings had centred on air crashes and accident situations on the jigs or the shop-floor . |
| 27 | And just six hours after Chris and Heather met for the first time they had decided to get married . |
| 28 | It was the first time they had mentioned the third who was there in the room with them , though they had both felt his presence , and she , indeed , had lived with it close and uncomforted for a year . |
| 29 | This was the first time we had returned to Eggleston Burn since a summer visit in search of the Grass of Parnassus and butterwort that grow in its boggy flushes . |
| 30 | It was the first time we had managed to get eight aircraft into the air in one formation in the nearly two months I had been on the island . |