Example sentences of "first time they [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now I , I ca n't imagine any mother doing it twice , but the first time they said it was an accident . |
| 2 | For the first time they struck her — both letter and box — as symbols of escape . |
| 3 | In the early days there was no cure and it killed AIDS patients the first time they got it . |
| 4 | The first time they came it was for ‘ Bob-a-job ’ week , but now they just come . |
| 5 | The next candidate , Richard Baxter , was unanimously chosen the first time they heard him preach . |
| 6 | About one in three adults can do this the first time they try it . |
| 7 | Your parents knew that the very first time they saw me . |
| 8 | Yeah it says , I read the thing and it says I have n't got ta let them in unless they 've got a warrant so the first time they come they would n't have a warrant , surely , so they 're gon na have to go away and get a warrant and in that time then I 'd have to get a licence would n't I ? |
| 9 | It is the most addictive drug ever — many become addicted from the first time they use it . |