Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] from the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These witches are the ‘ middle class ’ of respectability , always concerned to distance themselves from the first group and ever keen to present the acceptable face of natural religion . |
| 2 | No other man had so eloquently and constantly spoken of the way I had haunted him from the first moment he cast eyes on me . |
| 3 | We rattled them from the first minute and did n't give them any breathing space . |
| 4 | No movement , no luck With a silent curse he extricated himself from the first trap and moved on to the next |
| 5 | ‘ I think I 've loved you from the first moment I saw you , ’ she said , and drew in her breath sharply as he crushed her against him . |
| 6 | Never trusted him from the first moment . |