Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [prep] the first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I knew from the first moment you were the man for her . ’ |
| 32 | Going to the first GLF meeting brought together these two aspects of myself as I saw for the first time the emotional need to have a context where I could be open and proud of my gayness , as well as the political context where my sexuality would seem relevant to all the other things that were going on around me at work and in the country at large . |
| 33 | At this point I saw for the first time , a really good reason for my being in Thailand as PCV . |
| 34 | Next to the butcher , where the meat was arranged on silver platters and the chops dressed with paper ruffs , I saw for the first time a shop stocked exclusively with cheeses : nothing else , just cheese . |
| 35 | In between the two mosques , in the great arc of roofs and terraces which surmounted the houses of Shahjehanabad , I saw for the first time that secret Delhi which lies hidden from those who only know the city from ground level . |
| 36 | I looked for the first time straight into his moonlit eyes , and I saw Perkin the son , the husband , the one who worked with wood . |
| 37 | Then I bit into the first slice of bread ; home made , plastered thickly with farm butter and topped by a lavish layer of heather honey from the long row of hives I had often seen on the edge of the moor above . |
| 38 | ‘ When Karen broke the news of our marriage so crudely at Thomas 's party , and I saw the look on your face , I understood for the first time the force of that old cliché about wishing the floor would open up and swallow one . |
| 39 | Her crew danced to their tasks , and I understood for the first time the meaning of the Indonesian words for " crewman " — " anak prahu " , literally " child of the prahu " . |
| 40 | Jo Spence I think it was then I was ill that I understood for the first time what it was to be a victim . |
| 41 | I began to despair in the local press I noticed an advert for an evening class , cookery for men being the young one in the family I plucked up courage and enrolled but it was great , with great apprehension that I went to the first class . |
| 42 | When I went to the first meeting I had been appointed to the job , I went to the first meeting and there in front of me were lots of people who were managing their own schools and they were organising how to spend money that they had been allocated . |
| 43 | When I went to the first meeting I had been appointed to the job , I went to the first meeting and there in front of me were lots of people who were managing their own schools and they were organising how to spend money that they had been allocated . |
| 44 | I went to the first Reporting Area in good time . |
| 45 | The moment I heard there were rumours that the PLO is willing to be more moderate , that 's when I went on the first plane and went to Tunis . |
| 46 | I went through the first pile , which seemed mainly to be stock orders from golf professionals around the country , and started on the next tray . |
| 47 | The uppers , made of one piece calf leather with leather bellows , well padded tongue and collar , provided the comfort I remembered from the first day . |
| 48 | I learned for the first time what it was to be a stranger , an immigrant from primitive parts who spoke with a funny accent and called things by their wrong names . |
| 49 | As I discussed in the first paper , design has to be characterised in terms of activity . |
| 50 | I can remember what I did on the first day of my holiday last year |
| 51 | ‘ It 's very important for me to have the same people around me as I did on the first album … it 's a community thing , it means I can keep the same vibe as I had before , ’ he says . |
| 52 | Perhaps the best way to write this kind of story ( or even the equivalent of the detective novel at short story length ) is to do as I did with the first crime short story I ever wrote . |
| 53 | ‘ My coach , Malcolm Arnold , told me that you do n't win gold medals performing like I did in the first round . |
| 54 | I dealt with the first part of the hon. Lady 's question in reply to the right hon. Member for Yeovil ( Mr. Ashdown ) . |
| 55 | I found it interesting to take one person , say the rector , Charles Henstock , and make him the chief character in one book and follow his fortunes , as I had in the first book about the great Mrs Curdle . |
| 56 | I wished for the first time that I had taken that knife and turned it on Nour and let his blood . |
| 57 | I paused by the first green , where one of the greenkeepers was raking 8 deep bunker . |
| 58 | One roadie said I should have thought about it before I accepted in the first place . ’ |
| 59 | Simon , his wife Nancy , Jack and I sat through the first act of the sold-out play . |
| 60 | ‘ When I stood on the first tee in the morning I could hardly see the fairway , ’ said the Atherstone club-mate and friend of Paul Broadhurst , the Ryder Cup player . |