Example sentences of "the [adv] first time " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the very first time , the leadership of all the major constitutional nationalist parties in Ireland , representing 90 per cent of the nationalist population , had abandoned the concept of the tyranny of the majority will . |
| 2 | This would clearly imply some involvement by the Dublin government in the internal affairs of Northern Ireland for the very first time . |
| 3 | How was it possible that in a single fraction of a second , and for the very first time , she discovered a motion of the arm and body so perfect and polished that it resembled a finished work of art ? |
| 4 | The Paul Jones and the emotional somersaults when the music stopped and they came face to face for the very first time . |
| 5 | Now , briefly , possibly for the very first time in his life , he felt helpless and miserable at one and the same time . |
| 6 | Dana 's words struck at my heart , as he had done , quite deliberately , when he had told me : ‘ The very first time I saw you , I knew you were gay . ’ |
| 7 | I can remember the very first time it happened — I was out walking the dog with my mum and a car tooted at us , and my mum said , ‘ Oh , someone thinks your bottom 's nice ’ . |
| 8 | After the State funeral , plans were made for the Coronation , which for the very first time was to be televised . |
| 9 | Let's face it , all of us are romantic at heart , and even more so when we 're young , possibly even falling in love for the very first time . |
| 10 | On that night he watched himself in the mirror all night , and for the very first time he was the one who asked for things and who made things happen in the order that he wanted them to . |
| 11 | ‘ Goodnight , Mother , ’ and then Boy said ( for the very first time ) : ‘ Goodnight , Mother . ’ |
| 12 | It was O , calling Boy up for the very first time . |
| 13 | Then , for the very first time in my life , a faint light flickered somewhere inside me . |
| 14 | The overall structural and emotional focus of the work is consistently sustained with such burning insight that it was almost as thought one were hearing the Sonata for the very first time . |
| 15 | If the family want to go abroad again , I should n't mind leaving them another year ; but I could n't the very first time . |
| 16 | But after the second programme Yorkshire Television installed block heaters throughout the house in lieu of a fee , so Low Birk Hatt was heated properly for the very first time . |
| 17 | For the very first time in her life she needed someone . |
| 18 | Tina had told Jack the very first time they met : ‘ My dad hates the place — like my brothers do . ’ |
| 19 | It was brought home to them , for the very first time , that Tamar had never once described her abode . |
| 20 | As for Christmas Day itself , do n't panic if you 're cooking a big turkey lunch for the very first time . |
| 21 | I am a new reader having bought Machine Knitting Monthly for the very first time this morning . |
| 22 | There 's little dawdling to sniff flowers now , just giddy , breakneck pop ; ‘ In Love For The Very First Time ’ is gushing and gossipy , while ‘ Be Your Baby ’ is '60s girl group sentiment wised up and flung into the backroom of the Camden Falcon . |
| 23 | Mr Edwards was delighted that for the very first time someone had started to consider the interests of the parents . |
| 24 | for the very first time , |
| 25 | The very first time I met him , we lunched in downtown Barcelona with his first wife , Susy . |
| 26 | However the alliance represents a watershed for Chorus , which is now embarked on a binary strategy for the very first time , though where exactly it goes from here is still unclear . |
| 27 | Having loaded your game for the very first time , the last thing you want to do is read an instruction sheet this size . |
| 28 | Helen Martin , our chairperson said , ‘ The Heatfest weekend was so important to us as tenants because for the very first time , the people who live in the damp houses got the opportunity to sit round the table with the people who in the past were responsible for creating the kinds of conditions that we are now forced to live in and we could say , hey look ! |
| 29 | The very first time I saw him he stopped on his way to the front door , three , maybe four in the morning . |
| 30 | I spent a little while there and enjoyed a helicopter trip for the very first time , although not without considerable trepidation having once or twice seen pictures of them whizzing down to the ground in pieces . |