Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [verb] after the first " in BNC.

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1 It made her feel slightly sick now ; the satisfying feeling of warmth and lightness she had experienced after the first few glasses had long since disappeared .
2 Despite the Second Test trouncing by New Zealand , Murphy says Ireland needed that match , ‘ We 'd have come home with a very mistaken picture of our true form if we 'd left after the first international ’ .
3 Nicholson was in awe of Minnelli ; this was , after all , his first experience of a mainstream director of Minnelli 's vintage , and he began to worry after the first day when it was suggested he might get his hair cut .
4 He began to run after the first taxi , but it was soon out of sight .
5 He had to leave after the first rehearsals when the only line he could remember was the one he 'd tried on the leading lady the night before .
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