Example sentences of "first time they [verb] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though Jan was not initially aware of it , this was not the first time they 'd been cast together . |
| 2 | This was the first time they 'd been out together since the alleged phone-calls , and if there 'd been any more since then she had n't mentioned it . |
| 3 | Not that it was the first time they 'd been cut . |
| 4 | For many this was the first time they 'd been back to Parham in thirty six years . |
| 5 | The Home Secretary 's reserve powers were not intended to be used frequently and this was the first time they had been used . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | It was the first time they had been alone together since Abbotsfield . |
| 8 | It was not the first time they had been told this . |
| 9 | ‘ Mind you , it 's the first time they 've been here , and if I 'm any judge it 'll be the last . |
| 10 | British Champion Colin McRae pushing everything to the limits … it requires rapid changes through the gear box … even when cornering … now in the Banbury factory of Prodrive engineers have spent 18 months developing a semi-automatic gear box … they 're already becoming common in Formula One … now for the first time they 've been successfully introduced in a rally car … with just a touch of a button the driver can change gear without having to take his hand off the steering wheel . |
| 11 | This week it was the first time they 've been beaten by the Irish in the league . |
| 12 | It 's the first time they 've been to Britain , even though some have been teaching English for twenty years ; they 're staying at the Oxford House School of English , and will also visit the Oxford University Press as the trip has been made possible by an East German publishing house . |
| 13 | When asked why she allowed the computer so to dominate in this way , she replied ‘ It 's the first time they have been quiet for a whole week ! ’ , reflecting the second cause in the list above . |
| 14 | For many women , it 's the first time they have been given a responsibility of this kind . |