First-time Sentence Examples

Do you realize that's the first time you've done that?

It was just as real as the first time.

This was not the first time she wasn't able to assist.

For the first time in months we were temporarily out of business.

It's not like you and I who remember our parents; he literally just met his mother for the first time!

I've known for months; almost since the first time we did it... slept together.

She noticed the nearly empty gin bottle for the first time.

From the very first time we did this, all the emotions were as mixed up as my grandmother's soup.

For the first time since being attacked, my mind began to access what happened and try to formulate a coherent response.

It would be the first time in an airplane for her and she wanted details of what to expect.

It wasn't the first time and they had the situation in hand.

She studied him, alarm swirling through her for the first time.

For the first time in ages, Dusty was falling asleep at his computer.

It had something to do with the beautiful woman before him who made him feel for the first time in years.

For the first time in years, he found himself wondering what it would be like to feel again.

For the first time in his life, he felt like running away from something.

He studied her, feeling as though he was seeing her for the first time and the last.

The walk calmed his irritation at being powerless for the first time since the Schism.

By the look on her face, it wasn't the first time the Other had raised his voice at his alleged daughter.

For the first time in thousands of years, he remembered what real pain felt like.

Jule looked down at the arrow protruding from his shoulder, growing annoyed with her for the first time.

For the first time in her life, she wanted not to feel completely alone.

The ache within her deepened at the idea of trusting someone for the first time in her life, and the energy flowing between them grew more intense.

She felt the sense of being centered for the first time in her life and knew it was because of the man before her.

He didn't tear my head off when he sought me out the first time.

For the first time in her life, she felt her magic was a gift and not a curse.

Jonny glanced at Jenn, as if noticing for the first time that she wasn't armed.

For the first time since he began his sick games, Jenn felt genuine fear trickle through her.

This is the first time I've been able to find you.

His hand lingered on her arm, and she rested her forehead against his fingers, comforted for the first time in months.

Her headache had been gone most of the morning for the first time in months, until the monster in her head started clawing at her mind.

He touched her face, exhausted for the first time in years.

For the first time in his life, he felt helpless to help the small form of the woman before him.

Linda flashed her a strained smile that made her feel welcome for the first time in a week before the pretty brunette gave the blond man, Lon, a hug and kiss.

Sofia hung up the phone, feeling as if she were emerging from a stupor for the first time in months.

His guard was down for the first time since she'd known him.

It was the first time he'd understood the words she spoke to him.

Before she started to drift into an in-between place, she saw Darian stand and look around, awake for the first time in thousands of years.

For the first time in his life, Damian was speechless when confronted with the horror before him.

Darkyn was quiet and still, his body relaxed for the first time since she'd known him.

It wasn't the first time she'd heard such a thing, but it sounded far worse coming from the devil than it had Wynn.

He appeared wary for the first time since she'd known him.

Still, her step slowed the first time she crossed demons.

A familiar face appeared from the words, the golden-skinned deity she nicknamed Mr. Checkmate the first time they met at the Immortal Sanctuary.

I said a creature who has never known peace will surrender unconditionally when he tastes it for the first time.

Twice, though the first time is not common knowledge.

You remember what you were thinking when you turned down my offer the first time?

You let me go the first time because you knew I was your mate.

It was the first time Darkyn ever brought his daughter up.

She assessed that – for the first time – he wasn't entirely certain how to react.

Joseph, smiling for the first time in Dean's memory, said he and Ginger planned to walk about town and perhaps hike up to the nearby Box Canyon waterfall.

He quickly agreed and the two strolled, for the first time since Christmas, to St. Daniel's Catholic Church, a few blocks away.

They turned to her, as if aware for the first time that they weren't alone.

This isn't his first time here, Dean thought, but they took his exit as their cue to leave.

The first time I heard mention of the name was when the litigation began.

Unlike most first-time riders of this spectacular road, she didn't shudder; instead she leaned far over for a better view, rattling a litany of praises.

The first time he laid eyes on all that stuff, the trunks included, was the morning of the auction.

Dean stood up and Fitzgerald noticed him for the first time.

The fat man spoke for the first time.

It ain't like it's the first time.

Brandon Westlake moseyed by with Paulette and Ginger Dawkins, the first time Dean had seen the women voluntarily in one another's company.

For the first time they seemed interested in something besides themselves.

Westlake looked at it, as if seeing it for the first time.

For the first time in their relationship, he'd been completely honest with her.

For the first time in her life, Deidre pitied the death dealers.

Over and over, like it was their first time.

For the first time in her life, Deidre didn't know what to do.

This is the first time we've had an honest discussion in about a million years.

Darkyn focused his dark, soulless gaze on him for the first time since arriving.

For the first time this week, she didn't feel entirely doomed.

It happened the first time Darkyn invaded the mortal world from Hell.

For the first time this week, he realized that he, too, wanted to take the next step.

For the first time in their history, they stood a real chance of turning a sordid love story into a pure one.

For the first time Lori acknowledged the presence of Jonathan.

For the first time the memory wasn't painful, but a reminder that despite all odds, something magical had happened between them.

With all the foals born on your place, is this the first time you have been able to watch?

She sat there for a long time, leaning against the porch post and thinking about the first time they had met.

To him it was innocence – a little like every time being the first time.

It was the first time he had lifted her since the stabbing, and it occurred to her that he might strain his wound.

It crossed her mind that if she didn't do something, she might lose him, but for the first time the thought wasn't frightening.

It was the first time Alex had been there since the stabbing – and the first time she had ever seen him look frightened.

It was a traumatic experience for both of them, and hadn't she felt ill the first time she went back?

For the first time in their history, a flicker of emotion crossed the features of her surgeon.

For example, before you ran into her in the mortal world, there was a ninety seven percent chance you would've killed her the first time you met.

He frowned, noticing for the first time that the bed was unmade.

For the first time since taking over the underworld, he had a small semblance of direction.

He glanced at her, noticing for the first time that she was worn out.

With a soul compass in one hand and his dinner in the other, Darkyn was satisfied for the first time in months.

She turned where he indicated, noticing the double French doors for the first time.

It's a better deal than you gave me the first time around.

He made her feel like she wasn't alone for the first time in years.

Last night was the first time.

For the first time in days, the tension in her body loosened.

He shared his need and pleasure with someone else for the first time in his life.

For the first time in months, he had confirmation that he was headed the right way.

It was the same sensation as when she opened the door to the guest bedroom in her apartment for the first time to see the mess the demons made of some poor human.

She spun at the voice, startled to see Mr. Checkmate, the man she'd met on the beach when she arrived at the Sanctuary the first time.

For the first time in years, he felt whole again.

The cowering healer left his corner of the cell for the first time in a while and approached the human on the bed.

For the first time in years, he doubted himself.

Ileana asked, interested for the first time.

For the first time since he was a child, he was worried.

For the first time in his life, he didn't know what to do.

For the first time in years, she wanted her sister around.

When she finished, she felt refreshed for the first time in weeks.

For the first time since she could remember, she felt at peace, whole.

Rhyn looked squarely at the death dealer, sensing unease for the first time in their long history.

For the first time that night, she realized he was disturbed about something.

For the first time since Andre.s death, things were looking better for him.

For the first time in his life, he felt something akin to pity for Kris.

For the first time since meeting him, she almost preferred to deal with Kris.

Go rescue him again, so he can kill more of the Immortals, like those you sacrificed to protect him the first time!

For the first time since arriving over three weeks ago, she missed her cavernous chamber.

For the first time in three weeks, she felt safe and relieved as she looked around the tiny room that had been hers when she first arrived.

She looked down, and he noticed for the first time one of her cheeks was red.

He caressed the tattoo with a thumb and smiled, feeling genuine happiness for the first time since Andre.s death.

For the first time in his life, he felt and thought too much, and he wanted to keep himself occupied with the world around him rather than the pain within him.

Kiera glanced at her, hearing the nervousness for the first time.

The game room was the only place the sisters didn't bug her, and for the first time since being kidnapped by Evelyn and A'Ran, she found herself having fun.

Evelyn knew she didn't deserve to feel at peace after the mess she dragged Kiera into, but she did feel it, and it made her genuinely content for the first time since she'd kidnapped her best friend.

With a sense of deep dread, he felt for the first time that the role he expected of her may not be a role she chose to fulfill.

The feel of the planet's life force through his body was staggering, the sensation similar to what he felt the first time he'd met his nishani.

For the first time since she'd arrived, Edith Shipton had a peaceful look on her face.

I'm positive she didn't notice us the first time.

As the group pulled into the parking lot at Mountain Village, the upper portion of the ski area, Donnie began to look nervous for the first time.

It's not the first time it's happened.

But I guess that wasn't the first time.

It was the first time they had made love, and were newly committed to one another.

Dean stomped his feet and entered his home, for the first time absent his wife.

You didn't make out too well the first time you tried a face to face.

While he hated even speculating about a child murderer, it was the first time Shipton's attempted killing began to make any sense.

She smiled, for the first time.

I wish I had the date so I could look again to see if I maybe missed it in the paper the first time I checked.

Dean spoke for the first time since the investigators arrived.

Gladys Turnbull, almost forgotten in the corner, spoke up for the first time.

Like it's the first time?

Edith Shipton was a very troubled woman, from the first time she stepped into Bird Song.

Cynthia smiled for the first time.

Since the first time I stepped inside I had a sense of all of the love and happiness and peace those walls have witnessed.

Martha tried the boards for the first time and was surprisingly agile.

I'll bet the first time he really talks, it'll be about Martha!

She looked up, as if believing the truth of what her husband was saying for the first time.

The first time Shipton fell or the second time?

He stood at the mirror and gazed upon himself for the first time since being abducted.

They were cultured, not at all savages, and for the first time since his capture, he held a glimmer of hope that he might find some semblance of happiness again.

That was the first time he had ever neglected to tell her how ravishing she was.

She turned to look at him for the first time.

The last thing he needed was Connor losing it from too much human scent his first time out.

Her eyes were wide open - probably for the first time in her life.

Was this the first time he had seen snow?

For the first time she knew fear of him.

He has a hot temper, but this is the first time he was ever anything but gentle with me.

His neck was red and for the first time since she had met him, he didn't have a quick answer.

No, the goats brought you the first time.

She raced for the barn, for the first time wishing she had invested in that rifle Josh wanted her to buy.

It took me a couple of years to realize God had answered my prayer the first time.

Lana met his gaze, hearing his Southern drawl for the first time.

Yet, for the first time in her life, she wished she knew how.

She'd truly cared for someone for the first time in her life, and he'd used her.

Brady's chest had tightened at Dan's words, and he felt fear for the first time since he was a kid in basic training and had his first brush with his own mortality.

Lana looked Kelli over more closely, noticing the clothing for the first time.

She didn't want to think about losing the man who made her feel something so strong for the first time in her life.

For the first time in her life, she told a real lie.

For the first time in her adult life, Lana didn't care what he thought about her appearance or presence someplace where he might not think she belonged.

For the first time since she could remember, she had a home.

It wasn't the first time.

Gabe's step faltered, and he tripped for the first time since he'd led them into the forest.  Katie's gaze went from Andre to the death-dealer.

For the first time since leaving Darkyn, Rhyn realized no one had tried to stop him yet.  No demons stood in front of Kiki's door and Darkyn hadn't ordered the castle after him.

But what do I know?  It's my first time here, too.  What's your name?

Years later Dean would think back to this first time he saw Cynthia Byrne.

He drank in the sights and sounds of the bucolic world around him and for the first time in days felt relaxed.

He cried for the first time since his mother had passed away 15 years earlier.

From the first time he saw a photo of her, she had held his interest.

That much he had discovered the first time they kissed.

For the first time she was looking forward to winter.

Any fears about sex were mostly restricted to the first time.

I never gave a thought to the pain of childbirth, but here I am worried about pain the first time.

And so, with the radio on, she swept the floor and remembered the first time Alex had held her in his arms as they danced in the barn.

Do you realize that's the first time you said 'our' anything?

Still, it wasn't the first time they had vehemently disagreed on something.

It was the first time she had heard him call her that, and the tender smile on Mum's face made it clear that she was pleased.

That it was supposed to be him the first time.

Other than the test drive, it was the first time he had driven it.

But there was always a first time.

For the first time she thought of him as a lover.

It was the first time in their marriage that they didn't do the chores together.

When was the first time you saw one?

I guess because I didn't tell you about the first time.

For the first time in her life, she didn't have to put away summer clothes.

In the morning there were dirty dishes from the night before for the first time in their marriage.

For the first time in his life, he had found someone he could trust with his heart.

Even the first time you visited?

Remember the first time we made love?

Yes, the first time they met, there had been electricity between them.

There she melted in his arms, giving herself to him as if it were the first time.

Before going home, she made a trip to the market and bought prepared food for the first time.

You don't trash a marriage the first time an obstacle comes along.

They'd been married two years now and this was the first time he had mentioned it.

It was the first time she used the name and her voice broke with emotion when she said it.

Our hunting trip was the first time in months, wasn't it?

Hopeful for the first time in her life, Jenn glanced up and stopped.

The Black God's bedroom door was closed for the first time in a week.

Her muscles felt relaxed for the first time in weeks.

The exchange a week ago was the first time she met the nightmarish Original Vamp, when he'd offered to help Jule in exchange for asking her a question.

For the first time since arriving at Jonny's, she wasn't cold.

For the first time in her life, she thought she'd found someone she wasn't sure she could challenge without losing herself in the game.

Worse, he made her feel for the first time.

For the first time since she left the immortal world, she cried.

Jenn still remembered the first time she'd seen Darian.

For the first time in long while, Jenn didn't think she could get them to safety alone.

I survived the first time she said and lowered her weapons.

Her voice shook as she admitted the words out loud for the first time.

I thought for the first time in my life, I can't walk away and wish I could.

That's the first time you've called me that.

The night she fell asleep atop her horse for the first time in her life.

She returned safely for the first time in a fortnight.

For the first time in his life, he felt a deep sense of peace at his core.

For the first time in his life, he knew his fate.

You remember what you said when you pulled me from the catacombs the first time?

It felt like a lifetime, as if she were looking up on the walls for the first time in an age!

For the first time since the demon had claimed her at ten summers, she was alive!

There was nothing unusual about Alex riding Ed to unwind after a trip, but this was the first time he had done so without changing his clothes.

It wasn't the first time Carmen had used a gun, but it was the first time Alex had seen her use one.

Alex was quite a treasure and she was proud of him, but the truth was, this was the first time she had been in charge of anything so detailed and she wanted his support.

It was the first time she had worn a long dress, but Katie assured her it would make her look taller.

I'll always remember the song they were playing the first time we danced and I knew.

Maybe he was remembering the first time they danced – in her goat dairy.

It wasn't the first time he had made a remark that indicated he was less than pleased about the way she dressed.

That was the first time Alex had ever referred to himself as a Texan in her presence.

He was hooked before he came up here that first time.

He smiled for the first time since the accident.

It would be the first time they took a buggy ride that Ed wasn't pulling the buggy.

Was this the first time he noticed the relationship?

He chuckled – the first time he had done so since the accident.

She circled his neck with both arms – the first time she had done so since the accident.

It wasn't the first time Alex had been gone for over a week, leaving her to manage the farm and the children.

It's not the first time I've been away.

Alondra stopped crying and stared at him, obviously considering that for the first time.

At the hotel, for the first time in months, she slept soundly.

For the first time she spoke his given name.

For the first time in my life, I was insanely jealous.

His whole body felt alive for the first time.

For the first time in her life, she didn't want to think about what happened next.

For the first time in her life, she felt something other than conviction about what she had done.

Except, for the first time in his existence, Xander wasn't able to read the mind of the only person who knew why.

For the first time since meeting her, Xander felt like he had the upper hand.

She studied him, noticing the sharpness of his gaze for the first time.

For the first time since landing in the human world, he had the intense urge to track, hunt and bring down something capable of eluding him.

For the first time since they met, she almost had the upper hand.

I look … like some teenager after she's been kissed for the first time.

For the first time since meeting him, his voice was soft.

Barefooted and clean, he was relaxed for the first time in a week.

She purposely didn't think of what she'd say the first time she saw him this morning after that kiss the night before.

Jessi almost told him to go to hell except that, right now, she was almost having fun for the first time in years.

People usually do that the first time Sofi reads them.

For the first time in his life, he really wasn't certain his choice was a smart one.

Silently, he acknowledged that he was a fool to lower his guard around the teens and their cousin, to the point he recognized Ashley the first time he saw her but didn't check her mind.

For the first time since meeting Jonny, she prayed everyone was right about the strange skill she had to remain invisible to them.

For the first time since meeting him, she didn't feel as if the world was crushing her.

In the interval Chicheley found time to visit his diocese for the first time and be enthroned at St David's on the 11th of May 1411.

The whole tendency of the Regulating Act was to establish for the first time the influence of the crown, or rather of parliament, in Indian affairs.

The government monopolies of opium and salt were then for the first time placed upon a remunerative basis.

It became, in fact, essential to invent a " micrometer " for measuring the small angles which were thus for the first time rendered sensible.

In 1834 he became a fellow of Trinity, in 1853 professor of Greek (to which a canonry in Ely Cathedral was then for the first time attached), and in 1866 master of his college.

In 1375 the Turks captured Naissus for the first time from the Servians.

Towards the end of the r8th century Mannheim attained great celebrity in the literary world as the place where Schiller's early plays were performed for the first time.

For the first time the Volga became a Russian river.

The archons and members of the boule, who certainly received remuneration in 411, and also some minor magistrates, were perhaps paid for the first time by Pericles.

The word "bowls" occurs for the first time in the statute of 1511 in which Henry VIII.

Phillimore was also the last judge of the high court of admiralty, from 1867 (the date of his appointment to the high court) to 1875, the two offices were, probably for the first time in history, held by the same person.

Accordingly a premiers' conference was held in Melbourne at the end of January 1899, at which Queensland was for the first time represented.

The Protector and the council together were given a life tenure of office, with a large army and a settled revenue sufficient for public needs in time of peace; while the clauses relating to religion "are remarkable as laying down for the first time with authority a principle of toleration," 2 though this toleration did not apply to Roman Catholics and Anglicans.

In December 1654 Penn and Venables sailed for the West Indies with orders to attack the Spanish colonies and the French shipping; and for the first time since the Plantagenets an English fleet appeared in the Mediterranean, where Blake upheld the supremacy of the English flag, made a treaty with the dey of Algiers, destroyed the castles and ships of the dey of Tunis at Porto Farina on the 4th of April 1655, and liberated the English prisoners captured by the pirates.

For the first time doubts as to his spiritual state seemed to have troubled him.

Her brother, the actor Nicolas Desmares (c. 1650-1714), began as a member of a subsidized company at Copenhagen, but by her influence he came to Paris and was received in 1685 sans debut - the first time such an honour had been accorded - at the Comedie Frangaise, where he became famous for peasant parts.

During the short reign of Valentinian there were wars in Africa, in Germany and in Britain, and Rome came into collision with barbarian peoples of whom we now hear for the first time - Burgundians, Saxons, Alamanni.

He thus produced in 1896 for the first time an operative apparatus of electric wave telegraphy.

In July and August 1899 the Marconi system of wireless telegraphy was tried for the first time during British naval manoeuvres, and the two cruisers, " Juno " and " Europa," were fitted with the new means of communication.

In Milan we hear for the first time the word Comune.

Italy seemed to lie prostrate before the emperor, who commanded her for the first time from the south as well as from the north, In 1227 Frederick, who h1d promised to lead a crusade, was excommunicated by Gregory IX.

Alfonso reigned alone and undisturbed in Lower Italy, combining for the first time since the year 1282 the crowns of Sicily and Naples.

It was with the Swiss that he hoped to effect this revolution; but the Swiss, now interfering for the first time as principals in Italian affairs, were incapable of more than adding to the already maddening distractions of the people.

Now at last, after waiting so long, Signor Sonninos hour had struck, and he became premier for the first time.

It is generally stated that this argument was for the first time definitely formulated in Aristotle's philosophy.

This was the first time that Rome had two emperors as colleagues.

The method included a recognition of the causes and effects of phenomena as well as the mere fact of their occurrence, and for the first time the importance of the vertical relief of the land was fairly recognized.

The conception of the north-western route to Cathay now leads the story of exploration, for the first time as far as important and sustained efforts are concerned, towards the Arctic seas.

Then came the memorable "proscription," when for the first time in Roman history a list of men declared to be outlaws and public enemies was exhibited in the forum, and a reign of terror began throughout Rome and Italy.

The legislature met here for the first time in 1825.

A council is mentioned, in which a letter was read, expounding the opinion of the Eutychians for the first time.

Essays and Reviews (1860) was a vehement announcement of scientific results - startling English conservatism awake for the first time.

The most celebrated among the many reform decrees issued by Gregory was the constitution determining for the first time the form of conclave at papal elections, which in large measure has remained ever since the law of the church.

This is the first time since Peter the Great that the clergy have been given a voice in secular affairs in Russia.

For the first time in the history of Russia public opinion in the modern sense became a power in the state and influenced strongly the policy of the government.

This work for the first time made possible the existence of the modern school of scientific historians of medieval Germany.

This is due to the fact that it for the first time unfolded the true character of Yahweh, implicit in the old Mosaic religion and submerged in the subsequent centuries of Israel's life in Canaan, but now at length made clear and explicit to the mind of the 1 In Isa.

We note for the first time definite regulations respecting Passover and the close union of that celebration with Massoth or " unleavened bread."

This supreme official, who was destined ultimately to take the place of the king in the church-nation of post-exilian Judaism, is mentioned for the first time in Zech.

An announcement of the invention and of a patent granted for the same for ten years, in which Blumel is for the first time associated with Stolzel as co-inventor.

It was during this period that he read Homer and Longinus, having for the first time acquired some real mastery of Greek; and after the publication of the Essai, his mind was full of projects for a new literary effort.

Manchester in 1906, when the Labour party were returned for the first time in numerical force - over 50 in all.

Some appear written for the first time in the book of Jubilees, in " the Testament of the Twelve Patriarchs " (both perhaps 2nd century B.C.) and in later sources; and although in Genesis the stories are now in a post-exilic setting (a stage earlier than Jubilees), the older portions may well belong to the 7th or 6th cent.

Assyria2 was now making itself felt in the west for the first time since the days of Tiglath-Pileser I.

The history of his life i s i mmediately continued in I Kings i., where his old age and weakness are for the first time vividly empha sized.

In 1769 he wrote his Memoire sur les prrts a interet, on the occasion of a scandalous financial crisis at Angouleme, the peculiar interest of which is that in it the question of lending money at interest was for the first time treated scientifically, and not merely from the ecclesiastical point of view.

It was in 1875 that the Smithfield Club first provided the competitive classes for lambs, and in 1883 the champion plate offered for the best pen of sheep of any age in the show was for the first time won by lambs, a pen of Hampshire Downs.

The Lithographic stone of Kimmeridgian age, at Solenhofen in Bavaria, is especially rich in insect remains, cyclorrhaphous Diptera appearing here for the first time.

For the first time in his life Charles was now obliged to have recourse to diplomacy; and his pen proved almost as formidable as his sword.

Classification for the first time was something more than the expression of a fancy, not that it had not also its imaginative side.

He acted as representative of his exiled king in the negotiations with the Prussian government concerning his private property and opposed the sequestration, thus for the first time being placed in a position of hostility to Bismarck.

Peace was his reward; on the 24th of December 1814 the treaty was signed; and after visiting Geneva for the first time since his boyhood, and assisting in negotiating a commercial convention (1815) with England by which all discriminating duties were abolished, Gallatin in July 1815 returned to America.

During the struggle that went on in his soul, he began to take note of his psychological state; and this was the first time that he exercised his reason on spiritual things; the experience thus painfully gained he found of great use afterwards in directing others.

Ignatius, now a priest, waited for eighteen months before saying Mass, which he did for the first time on the 25th of December 1538 in the church of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome.

But he is remembered chiefly in connexion with the "caseshot attack" which was the central feature of Napoleon's matured tactical system, and which Senarmont put into execution for the first time at Friedland.

More than £8000 was expended upon the venture; and the work was performed for the first time in the French language and with the new Venusberg music on the 13th of March 1861.

Lohengrin was, however, produced on the 15th of May 1861, when Wagner heard it for the first time.

Meantime Der Ring des Nibelungen was rapidly approaching completion, and on the 13th of August 1876 the introductory portion, Das Rheingold, was performed at Bayreuth for the first time as part of the great whole, followed on the 14th by Die Walkiire, on the 16th by Siegfried and on the 17th by Geitterdiimmerung.

In his theories the element of mystical speculation for the first time comes to the front as all-important.

The cylindrical and modified conical projections of Marinus and Ptolemy were still widely used, the stereographical projection of Hipparchus, was for the first time employed for terrestrial maps in the 16th century, but new projections were introduced in addition to these.