Sentence examples for before the first time from inspiring English sources

He had played the course twice before, the first time in the weeks after the 2002 Open, won by Tiger Woods, who shot three under par.

The bylaw dates back about 25 years, but Seton Hall has named presidents who were not priests twice before, the first time in 1977 and again in the early 1980s.

McLoughlin had killed twice before, the first time in 1984 when he hit Len Delgatty, 49, over the head with a hammer several times after a row and left his body in a cupboard.

The song — or qualified excerpts of it — had 98 million streams in the United States last week including thousands of videos on YouTube, a drop of just 5 percent from the 103 million it drew the week before, the first time that Billboard and its partner, Nielsen SoundScan, counted those views.

She has been on the run before, the first time when she was six.

I had gone to a mikvah the day before, the first time ever.

"I have done it before and the first time I did it I was surprised by the talent.

Yeah, and like I said before, it was the first time found music was ever used.

L. 103 322, § 330024(d)(1), inserted "(other than a list I chemical)" before "specified" the first time appearing.

At home, there were more rats than she had seen before; for the first time, they were courteous, not arrogant.

Last year the industry achieved higher revenues than it had the year before, for the first time in at least a decade.