Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [verb] the first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The three judges I met included the first woman judge to be appointed in Geurrero State . |
| 2 | Added to that , there was something about the Wartberg works that I found soothing the first time I went there for the interview . |
| 3 | George Roman read me and after I 'd done the first reading he asked me about my own attitudes to the Part and then told me his as a director , which were completely different . |
| 4 | ‘ I remember one client who burst into tears before I 'd taken the first snip , ’ said top London stylist Trevor Sorbie . |
| 5 | But at least I 'd taken the first step , and not an easy step , considering what I 'd said to the doctor at our last meeting . |
| 6 | I had made my decision and I 'd taken the first step . |
| 7 | When I 'd finished the first prayer and turned to face him , I saw that he was kneeling . |
| 8 | Once I 'd accomplished the first stages of training , getting her to sit still on my fist , I had to move on to the next stage : getting her to feed there . |
| 9 | I determined to spend the first part of my prison leisure working out my reasons for knowing I was right . |
| 10 | So we 've got , I did have the first names somewhere . |
| 11 | There is no space to go into detail about the ding-dong and the relevance of that remark , but it is gentlemanly mayhem at its best and I wish I had seen the first encounters between the CSIRO and its critic , who , I infer , also had a go at the research on skeleton weed . |
| 12 | " I was tip nearly all night because I had to lead the first devotions at the High Council , with all those experienced and senior leaders of the Army world . " |
| 13 | When I had eaten the first course of cabbage , and the second of meat pudding , potato and carrots , I poured cold water into my used billycan and put it on the lighted stove . |
| 14 | This could also be entitled Stop Press , for it occurred after I had sent the first draft to the Hon. |
| 15 | Er on appointment , like other recruits , I had to serve the first month on night duty . |
| 16 | I had taken the first step when an elderly man touched my shoulder and asked in the lilting , Spanish-accented French of the region , if I wished to view the church . |
| 17 | I resolved to take the first thing that came along and from that base to look further afield if need be . |
| 18 | Only once has he come close to losing his rag , when publicly embarrassed by his press secretary , Julie Hall , as she admitted giving the first name of the little girl at the centre of the health election broadcast row to the press . |
| 19 | She held the envelope to the light , squinting at it with one eye while she tried to read the first paragraph . |
| 20 | ‘ You would n't think it so unexpected if you 'd seen the first nightclub I bought . ’ |
| 21 | She 'd tacked the first sketches for this picture up on the wall and they looked as if someone else had drawn them . |
| 22 | It was a lame apology , but as she plunged into the cooler shadow of the house she knew she 'd used the first excuse which sprang to mind . |
| 23 | She may have misheard the word as dictated , but it 's much more likely that as she started writing the first syllable , she almost automatically shifted the word across to one she knows ( and can spell ! coffee causes problems , usually ) . |
| 24 | She had fulfilled the first part of the scenario . |
| 25 | The walk there took only about ten minutes and she thought that even with the frightening weakness in her legs that she had discovered the first time she got out of bed she ought to manage that distance . |
| 26 | She was n't scared , not even when she was half-way up the path , dark yews all around her , and heard the sound she had heard the first time . |
| 27 | She was wearing the coat with all the buttons and buckles that she had worn the first time I saw her outside Kaama 's flat . |
| 28 | ‘ Ay , ’ rejoined Mrs Beattie , realising she had lost the first round , ‘ I was just on my wey up to see Thomasina . ’ |
| 29 | When she told Hawk of her dream , he told her she had reached the First Level . |
| 30 | But after she had finished the first part of her lecture ; after slightly nodding her head to the generous applause ; after the lights had gone up again ; after Ashenden had said ( as every chairman since Creation had said ) how much everyone had enjoyed the talk and how grateful everyone was that not only had the distinguished speaker fascinated each and every one of them but also had agreed to answer any questions which he was absolutely sure everyone in the room was aching to put to such a distinguished expert in the field … it was only then that Dr Moule was able to survey the two intruders . |