Example sentences of "first time [pers pn] [vb past] ever " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the first time we 'd ever done an overland journey . |
| 2 | Yes , yeah , when you had one delivered , that 's the first time we 'd ever seen one was n't it ? |
| 3 | I know this was the first time they 'd ever thought of or considered themselves as artists , before that I guess they just thought they were lucky . |
| 4 | I was playing loads of rave music , and at the end they were begging us not to go off because it was the first time they 'd ever heard it properly . |
| 5 | I once conducted a major European orchestra , a German orchestra , and I conducted the introduction Allegro of Elgar and it was the first time they 'd ever , ever played any Elgar , and they did n't like the piece . |
| 6 | It was the first time they had ever spoken of the affection they felt . |
| 7 | That night the BBC ran the obituary twice — the first time they had ever done so for anyone , and the first television obituary to consist of a filmed interview with the deceased . |
| 8 | But it was the first time they had ever lived privately together . |
| 9 | It was the first time I had ever heard of a savant with a linguistic ability . |
| 10 | It was the first time I had ever trained a bird to do something I wanted it to do . |
| 11 | It was the first time I had ever seen a live tennis match — Wimbledon has always been out of the question financially , and the Midland Bank tournament offered me the chance to see live international tennis at a reasonable price . |
| 12 | This was the first time I had ever encountered anyone walking into a cathedral who had never heard of Jesus Christ . |
| 13 | ‘ It was a process of necessity , really but , since it was just me and a Portastudio , it was the first time I 'd ever been in the position of being able to write and record without any kind of pressure from anyone else . |
| 14 | ‘ It was the first time I 'd ever seen myself on screen . |
| 15 | I went to see the semi-finals of the Midland Bank Championships in Brighton — the first time I 'd ever seen a tennis match live . |
| 16 | I said this was the first time I 'd ever been there . |
| 17 | " He does n't like me very much , " I explained , and it was the first time I 'd ever realized that " It was a very sad thing not to be liked by your own father , and obviously it must be just as sad not to like your only daughter . |
| 18 | It was the first time I 'd ever thought of the baby as " he " . |
| 19 | ‘ Ely , ’ I said ( that was her name and the first time I 'd ever used it ) , ‘ I want to be free . ’ |
| 20 | And er that was the first time I 'd ever seen a continental headboard . |
| 21 | but anyhow it , well they , they were there and he bought the pub did n't he and they were moving on the Saturday and he came on the Saturday morning and he cried take the furniture to pieces , some of the furniture , the wardrobes and there was a dining room table that they could n't get into the pub , could I dismantle them and re-assemble them again and that was the first time I 'd ever met him were n't I ? |
| 22 | It was a very difficult period , because whereas retrenchment and redundancy are now something employees understand and accept , this was the first time it had ever happened in ICI since the war . |
| 23 | I thought it was interesting as well that the stuff I got from the I and R V with it , was a lot about audio description and the tape and how much it cost and how wonderful this was and it was the first time it had ever been done , but there was nothing , as is always the case , there was nothing actually about what the film was about , it was full of sort of , this is the first time it 's done , but nothing about sort of this is the film about , about this , this is what the story 's about , you know . |
| 24 | It was the first time she 'd ever been on board ship . |
| 25 | It was the first time she 'd ever spoken to Aunt Sarah and come away with this feeling of no comfort , no help , weighing her down as if the big brass door stop from the porch had got lodged inside her . |
| 26 | This was the first time she 'd ever had a close look at the entries , and she seemed to approve . |
| 27 | It was the first time she 'd ever spoken about her early life to anyone . |
| 28 | And that 's the first time she 'd ever had a doctor . |
| 29 | It was the first time she had ever warned him off anything private and for a moment he looked puzzled and embarrassed . |
| 30 | It was the first time she had ever seen her team eager and willing and fully co-operative , the envy of all her friends . |