Sentence examples for was the first time from inspiring English sources

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"was the first time" is a perfectly correct and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used to describe something that happened for the first time. For example, "That was the first time I had seen a real lion in person."

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It was the first time for me".

The New Yorker

This was the first time in.

The New York Times

It was the first time.

The Guardian - Music

This was the first time.

The Guardian

This year was the first time I voted.

Independent

For Mirsky, it was the first time.

University of California, Berkeley

It was the first time they met.

The Guardian

"It was the first time they'd met.

The Guardian

No, that was the first time.

The New York Times - Magazine

But that was the first time".

The New York Times - Magazine

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The New York Times

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