Example sentences of "i the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where I used to live , when they evacuated me the first time . ’ |
| 2 | This was evident to me the first time I attended a Karajan rehearsal , and even more so in the first of our long conversations . |
| 3 | An evening like most others in that house , but to me the first of a changed life . |
| 4 | I had felt at the instant the idea suggested itself to me the first glimmer of positive thought : suddenly I knew I was not going to sink . |
| 5 | ( my thanks to the somewhat bemused friend I just telephoned and asked to tell me the first ten objects that came into her mind — though I do wonder about her and what made her choose those particular objects ) . |
| 6 | Certainly I always tried to remember the shocking effect which the sight of so many old prisoners , some of them bearded , all of them strangely dressed , had had on me the first time I arrived in a main camp . |
| 7 | These were Kirsty 's opening words to me the first time I saw her . |
| 8 | In the end I got them to give me the first aid outfit and fixed myself up . |
| 9 | But I have never forgotten advice that my research adviser gave me the first time that I was pursuing a dead end : ‘ It is important to recognise when to quit . ’ |
| 10 | And it was she who brought me the first evening paper . |
| 11 | And then he described to me the first time he and Montaine had happened upon it . |
| 12 | ‘ Oliver Craddock wrote this down for me the first time I saw him and I 'd forgotten all about it , ’ he said . |
| 13 | He sent me the first Education sentimentale ; I was not greatly impressed , but how could I not praise it ? |
| 14 | ‘ And then set your thugs on me the first time my back 's turned . |
| 15 | It was in this book that he was able to show me the first reference to the Santa Maria . |
| 16 | ‘ I do n't usually let a bloke kiss me the first time , ’ she said . |
| 17 | She came to see me the first night I was home , and we sat on the verandah , rather tongue-tied after such a long time , saying stupid things like : " Did you have a good trip ? " |
| 18 | ‘ It had the same effect on me the first time I saw it at night . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ You may remember that I begged you to make love to me the first time , Penry Vaughan ! |
| 20 | Well once you 've got the first , give me the first one which did n't come out and then it 's easy . |
| 21 | It did to me the first time we stayed . |
| 22 | He intimidates me the first time I ever talked to him was in the pub |
| 23 | But what shall I be called am I the first |
| 24 | We worked together to form the committee for the release of Soviet Jewry , of which he was the first secretary and I the first chairman . |
| 25 | I do n't think I ever have done Heathrow , oh wait a minute , did I the first year ? |
| 26 | What kind of people d' you think I the first year psychology students they 've been given some sexual orientation ? |