Example sentences of "first time [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the first time her father had hit her and he looked upset , but suddenly she was very calm and her voice was steady as she said , ‘ I 'm sorry . |
| 2 | But that was not the first time her husband 's penchant for hiding cash had nearly cost her dearly . |
| 3 | It was n't the first time her pupil had mentioned Rossmayne and each time the girl 's face had lit up in a way which made the nun catch her breath . |
| 4 | The Russian Embassy tells me that this is the first time their head of state has visited London and not stayed at the embassy . |
| 5 | Thus a suspect defence completed the qualifying programme of six matches without conceding a goal ; they must be doing something right , although not for the first time their debt to Shilton was manifest . |
| 6 | ‘ Would n't be the first time your husband 's come back when you did n't expect him , would it ? ’ |
| 7 | For the first time my life wo n't be ordered . |
| 8 | She was the headmistress of a school in Bolton and read about me when Alec Donaldson wrote an article in the Yorkshire Post , which was the first time my name was brought to the attention of the public . |
| 9 | ‘ And then set your thugs on me the first time my back 's turned . |
| 10 | A trip to the blood donors may seem like a strange topic to write about in a staff magazine but it is one that took my mind back a few years to the first time my mum persuaded me to go . |
| 11 | The first time my mother had been indignant and remarked that Syl had no right to disappear for the evening without telling us where he was going . |
| 12 | This was not the first time my employer had raised such a question ; indeed , it seems to be something which genuinely troubles him . |
| 13 | And as Kim Barnes reports , it 's the first time his life 's work has been seen outside France . |
| 14 | For the first time his work appears in large format and in Cibachrome colour . |
| 15 | It was the first time his father had mentioned the separation . |
| 16 | Mr Bates stressed that this was the first time his family had used private health care . |
| 17 | His hair had been white for as long as Burun could remember , but this was the first time his age had seemed to affect his behaviour . |
| 18 | For the first time his face became serious and severe . |
| 19 | He will now begin the physically and mentally painful process of taking male hormones to establish for the first time his masculinity . |
| 20 | Its sense of familiarity marks for the first time his ease within an international world of diplomacy . |