Example sentences of "first time [conj] i [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the first time since I had been shot down I was alone . |
| 2 | For the first time since I had come to the college I had access to student political material because my boyfriend was reading the posters , leaflets and student newspapers to me . |
| 3 | For the first time since I had to leave home , this is a place that will leave a scar . |
| 4 | I actually slept fairly well last night , for the first time since I got here . |
| 5 | Bernie was speechless , for the first time since I 'd known him . |
| 6 | Jan sat on one of our original moquette chairs and Darren picked up the atmosphere and , for the first time since I 'd met him , sat on a chair in silence . |
| 7 | ‘ But for the first time since I came to England in August 1977 , I 'll be hoping Liverpool do n't win again . |
| 8 | For the first time since I cried my heart out in Puerto Rico — I was crying . |
| 9 | ‘ I first came across Virginia Woolf through Orlando when I was a teenage person and it was the first time that I felt really addressed by a writer , ’ she says . |
| 10 | And erm this was the first time that I 'd ever been sort of as far afield into the country as this , and to go and see the erm er Toll Bridge at , that was , and top go over it , because it was a long wooden bridge that used to go over , and er we thought that was absolutely fantastic . |
| 11 | Our friendly policeman had gone but there were nurses there for the first time that I 'd seen , and even the odd doctor . |
| 12 | The first time that I heard of Maastricht was on 12 May 1940 , when the RAF was shot out of the sky and knocked on the ground . |
| 13 | As I came down into Salisbury that day I knew for the first time that I had been happy . |
| 14 | It was the first time that I had openly , assertively hitched . |
| 15 | The meeting was held in Harvey Haddon Stadium in Nottingham , and it was the first time that I had ever been on an Inter-City train . |
| 16 | It was the first time that I had experienced the midnight sun . |
| 17 | It was the first time that I had ever seen the inside of a police cell . |
| 18 | It was the first time that I had been picked to run in an individual event against the USA , and I was looking forward to it . |
| 19 | It was the first time that I had run a 60 metres in years and I improved my personal best to 6.63 seconds , which I was pleased with — but not so happy , obviously , to lose to Lincoln by one-hundredth of a second . |
| 20 | Having replied Yes with much confidence in his initial request I did not think I could take two steps to the rear , so I hastened to add that the job would take me some considerable time as ti would be my spare-time/spare-time job , consoled myself with the thought that it was the first time that I had made anything to be used in a church , so it would be a challenge . |
| 21 | I wished for the first time that I had taken that knife and turned it on Nour and let his blood . |
| 22 | It knew the nights when I was more drunk than others and the first time that I turned my back . ’ |