Example sentences of "first time [conj] he [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Again , he was teaching in London for the first time although he had taught before : |
| 2 | Happy ‘ I 'm happy now , really , for the first time since he died . |
| 3 | Today had been the first time since he died she had not been tortured with thoughts of her Anthony . |
| 4 | for the first time since he went |
| 5 | Returning to Moscow at the age of 52 , for the first time since he left to live in London 26 years ago , Ashkenazy said : ‘ In my modest way , I thought I could endorse what 's happening in my country . ’ |
| 6 | Tug opened his mouth automatically , but for the first time since he had been there , he let the words go unsaid . |
| 7 | She turned to look into Gazzer 's face , concentrating her attention on him for the first time since he had climbed up to sit beside her in the sand dunes . |
| 8 | She came last to Lachlan , and for the first time since he had startled her raised her head to look him in the face . |
| 9 | Allen spoke for the first time since he had joined them . |
| 10 | The silver-framed photograph of Philippe Chaumont had appeared for the first time since he had known Chantal . |
| 11 | ‘ Please , ’ she replied softly then looked at him for the first time since he had sat down . |
| 12 | He noticed too that for the first time since he had arrived at the Cages there was a total silence , as if all the eagles , and all the imprisoned creatures thereabout had instinctively understood that this old eagle 's troubled painful words marked an end to a terrible life ; and perhaps in some strange way the beginning of something none dared hope might come to pass . |
| 13 | So when it seemed the conversation was nearly over and , for the first time since he had known her , she appeared to have called for no reason , he was almost relieved to hear her ask , ‘ Now then , David , have you heard from him ? ’ |
| 14 | Mach looked up again , smiling for the first time since he had entered the room . |
| 15 | Last night , for the first time since he had married Fei Yen , he had summoned a woman to his bed — one of the serving girls from the kitchens — purging himself of the need that had raged in his blood like a poison . |
| 16 | For the first time since he had told her about Carol , Helen found that she could think about Adrian with something like calm . |
| 17 | So far they had done precisely that , which made it all the more extraordinary that Julius should be here now , in her flat , actively seeking her out for the first time since he had overridden all his basic instincts and principles and strode out of her life ; away from the disastrous shambles of their marriage . |
| 18 | She laughed so infectiously that Athelstan joined in and , for the first time since he had arrived at St Erconwald 's , the nave of his church rang with laughter . |
| 19 | For the first time since he had met him , Blake felt compassion for the old Time Lord . |
| 20 | For the first time since he had entered the theatre he looked hard at Therese . |
| 21 | And for the first time since he had so suddenly reappeared in her life Laura saw her husband 's shoulders slump , almost as if he was bearing the weight of his own brother 's horrific injuries . |
| 22 | Charlie laughed for the first time since he had left Whitechapel and strolled over to a youth far smaller than himself who was rubbing his hands between his legs as he tried to keep warm . |
| 23 | For the first time since he became leader , he is in the position to set the political agenda . |
| 24 | On Saturday I sat there watching his team lose at home to Chelsea and listening to an Australian Evertonian who was back at Goodison for the first time since he emigrated in 1985 . |
| 25 | Everyone , I am sure , will have been delighted to see Sandy Lyle making the cut for the first time since he won in 1988 . |
| 26 | ‘ It was the first time that he realized there were officers and that they treat you badly because you 're not like them . |
| 27 | He could remember the first time that he 'd stepped outside into country darkness and closed the door behind him ; it was as if he 'd been struck blind with the click of the latch , and he 'd begun to panic at his inability even to tell which way was up . |
| 28 | Ted was having trouble picking out a shirt ; his sister had given him a couple of new ones last Christmas , but this was the first time that he 'd really had to study them with regard to presentability . |
| 29 | It seems to have been about then that he mentioned for the first time that he thought he was being poisoned with acqua toffana ( a notorious Italian poison ) . |
| 30 | It was at Lovell 's dinner-table that Coleridge eventually found Southey , and there for the first time that he met Lovell 's wife Mary and her eldest sister Sarah Fricker . |