Example sentences of "[prep] the first [noun] [conj] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | So consequently every time I moved school , moved into different I had to fight me way there for the first week because I hated anyone to call me Ginger you see ? |
| 2 | ‘ I realised for the first time that I have never been wanted : it really was such a revelation . |
| 3 | As I came down into Salisbury that day I knew for the first time that I had been happy . |
| 4 | Anyway , I was congratulated once more and I realised for the first time that I was actually doing some good . |
| 5 | I wished for the first time that I had taken that knife and turned it on Nour and let his blood . |
| 6 | When my feeble protests were ignored back there it hit me for the first time that I was n't a civilian any more . |
| 7 | ‘ But only because when we turned up at the solicitor 's to work out the marriage settlement — her idea , not mine — she realised for the first time that I was n't as rich as she thought . |
| 8 | Our friendly policeman had gone but there were nurses there for the first time that I 'd seen , and even the odd doctor . |
| 9 | ‘ I fell in love for the first time while I was still at school , ’ she has revealed . |
| 10 | Bernie was speechless , for the first time since I 'd known him . |
| 11 | For the first time since I cried my heart out in Puerto Rico — I was crying . |
| 12 | For the first time since I had been shot down I was alone . |
| 13 | ‘ Almost for the first time since I was a child , ’ I thought , ‘ I am glad that it is my birthday . |
| 14 | ‘ But for the first time since I came to England in August 1977 , I 'll be hoping Liverpool do n't win again . |
| 15 | For the first time since I had come to the college I had access to student political material because my boyfriend was reading the posters , leaflets and student newspapers to me . |
| 16 | I actually slept fairly well last night , for the first time since I got here . |
| 17 | For the first time since I had to leave home , this is a place that will leave a scar . |
| 18 | Jan sat on one of our original moquette chairs and Darren picked up the atmosphere and , for the first time since I 'd met him , sat on a chair in silence . |
| 19 | ‘ Before the fight they were chanting my name for the first time and I could see the effect it had on Ruddock , his head was going down while my chest was swelling with pride . |
| 20 | ‘ We 're more than half way through the first series and I 've managed to keep both jobs going . |
| 21 | I di I dive off the first board but I could n't even jump or drop off the second board . |
| 22 | It was after the first snow and I followed the clanging ploughs up the Dale , bumping along between high white mounds till I reached old Mr Stokill 's gate . |
| 23 | One of the first things that I noticed in my workplace was that there was an entrenched , hostile division between Black and white colleagues . |
| 24 | Just gone , we 're obviously working to Italian time in this Italian job because we 've had really five minutes of stoppage time at the end of the first half and I 'm a bit baffled as to why we had it . |
| 25 | Dealing with the first theme that I mentioned , Dickens uses the word ‘ gentleman ’ a lot in the novel — it is like a leitmotif . |
| 26 | As far as I am aware , there was good feeling between the candidates during the election , and I was somewhat surprised to read in Susan Crosland 's splendid biography of her husband that Roy Hattersley had told him I was angry that he was standing , and that he must give me his support before the first ballot or I would have no interest in him . |
| 27 | ‘ Something happened in the first half and I lashed out , giving him a kick up the backside . |
| 28 | ‘ Our brief has always been to get back to our home ground and stay in the First Division and I think we are capable of achieving both . ’ |
| 29 | We need to fight drug addiction in the first instance and I do n't want to give people the paraphernalia to continue using drugs . ’ |
| 30 | I think we 'd be er prepared to accept this at , what 's asked for is a feasibility study , no more than that in the first instance and I think we 'd be prepared to accept . |