Sentence examples for first time did from inspiring English sources

Mr. Bush, stepping into the troubled mortgage arena for the first time, did not go as far as Democratic proposals to help struggling homeowners.

We played the post-Katrina conversational Ping-Pong two people play when meeting each other for the first time: Did you lose your house?

I doubt there is a man or woman among us, for example, who – upon passing the Embassy of Cambodia for the first time – did not immediately think 'genocide'".

Only from 1967, when Omani oil was pumped from the ground for the first time, did the country begin to generate most of its own income.

In June 2011 Chainrai, who took the club over from administration the first time, did sell, to Vladimir Antonov, a Russian banker.

An Islamist Shia group that dominates the present government looked set to win again; an Islamist Sunni group, competing for the first time, did well; more secular-minded Shias scored poorly.

It was my first time doing that".

It's also my first time doing this.

This is actually my first time doing it this year.

"Is this your first time doing the Paris shows?" he asked.

The earth isn't moving yet, but it seldom does the first time, does it?