Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [pron] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've known Francisco for years — I met him the first year I came here , when Monte Samana was brand new . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I told him the first thing he has to do is establish who she is and where she comes from . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ You still believe I rejected you the first time , do n't you ? ’ |
| 4 | I hated it the first time . |
| 5 | ‘ I heard you the first time , boy . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I heard you the first time , ’ her mother said . |
| 7 | ‘ Yes , I heard you the first time . |
| 8 | Absolutely they 're reading it with you so they 're with you so you 're you 're holding their interest even though you 're not actually saying anything , yeah , and again you may you may have noticed well another thing is once you 've once you 're written put the pen down and the easiest thing in the world to have a but if you want to make a point and you probably noticed once I once I put the red lines around the red boxes round there and I gave you the first demonstration of the Aldershot method I stood here okay . |
| 9 | I set her the first day to clean the floors starting at the top and expecting her to reach the bottom at the end of the day or at least the last floor , but Ellen she had not managed more than two rooms in eight hours and those not well done . |
| 10 | She told him the first chance she had , when they had had tea and he was eating his lonely meal in the parlour . |
| 11 | And it was she who brought me the first evening paper . |
| 12 | Phrasal verbs come in for more attention with Phrasal Verbs Organiser from LTP ( by the man who gave us the First Certificate Organiser ) , while HarperCollins is publishing a Phrasal Verbs Workbook to accompany its dictionary . |
| 13 | I I th I thought I thought it was I S actually from the way you said it the first time , but that was just a guess . |
| 14 | Jonathan always thinks that what he says is so fantastic that he 's got to say it twice in case you missed it the first time round . |
| 15 | Round and round , and back again , everything spins around , passing by if you missed it the first time . |
| 16 | We liked it the first time , it was a bit like |
| 17 | Where I used to live , when they evacuated me the first time . ’ |
| 18 | to me that 's where they took her the first time , they did n't take her right on the the roads , you know , the first time she 'd |
| 19 | He sent me the first Education sentimentale ; I was not greatly impressed , but how could I not praise it ? |