Example sentences of "[conj] i [vb past] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leaks were the flavour of the year in 1983 , but the trouble was that neither Ken Clarke nor I had the first idea what report this was meant to be as there were no plans , secret or otherwise , for privatization . |
| 2 | It was then that I felt the first cobweb — one sticky tendril , unbelievably strong , across my right eye and the bridge of my nose . |
| 3 | ‘ So I did the first album , ‘ Never Look Back ’ , and it did really well . |
| 4 | Once I found the first publisher , it just snowballed . ’ |
| 5 | I got her letter yesterday and I took the first plane . |
| 6 | For somewhat different reasons in each case , there is not entailment between I chose the first rose on the list and I chose the first flower on the list , nor between Mary was disappointed to receive a rose and Mary was disappointed to receive a flower ( perhaps she was expecting an orchid ? ) . |
| 7 | My timber all came from local sources : by pure chance one timber yard had recently acquired an elm butt and I purchased the first board ( a huge log sawn into 2in boards — the real stuff ) . |
| 8 | and er and then those Brownies got older and I started the first Girl Guides there |
| 9 | And I missed the first game against Apoel because of the suspension I picked up . |
| 10 | And you seeing what you 're playing tonight , I thought I ca n't , but I heard the first thing der der der , but then it goes der der der |
| 11 | … half the year had gone , the clear smoke-free distances of early summer a thing of the past , and midsummer day over , before I got the first clue . |
| 12 | However , I had hardly got started before I got the first complaint . |
| 13 | I remember being thrilled when I got the first whicker of recognition from my horse and most people feel happier and more confident riding a horse they know — even if it is n't well behaved ! |
| 14 | One survivor says : ‘ When I saw the first bomb fall , I knew that it was going to be a bad day for America ’ . |
| 15 | I was struck when I attended the first conference on corporate governance after the draft Cadbury Report was published . |
| 16 | And that was a fortnight ago when I had the first scan . |
| 17 | As I now personally from one of my previous lives in nineteen eighty-two , when I became the first Director of the newly independent National Federation of Community Organisations . |
| 18 | erm when I went the first year I looked at them . |
| 19 | Fenella must have heard me , as she appeared at her door as I reached the first landing . |
| 20 | I had dropped my bag as I hit the first man , but that did n't matter . |