Sentence examples for first time things from inspiring English sources

The first time, things went poorly.

It was the first time things started changing for the better since perestroika".

"I was just thinking, for the first time, things are moving forward," he says.

But, not for the first time, things weren't quite what they seemed.

For the first time, things were tough for me and I think I've passed the test, with the help of my family.

When several thousand hormonal 18-year-olds are thrown together, most away from home for the first time, things can get a bit steamy.

In stark contrast to the fate of Portsmouth, who have entered administration for a second time, things appear to have turned round for the 26-year-old Liverpool lad.

"I'm hoping for the adage 'out of sight, out of mind,' because we have to look at this as a first-time thing," Robinson said.

It wouldn't be the first time such things happened at the Bolshoi, either.

"We wanted to be there the first time certain things happened," Mr. Balmès said, "the first time each baby heard music or started to walk.

This entails a somewhat stilted narration that introduces us, as if for the first time, to things like haiku and "The Tale of Genji".