Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I only met her for the first time earlier this evening . ’ |
| 2 | But I did n't tell her everything at first , I just told her about the first two instances . |
| 3 | ‘ Villa totally outclassed us in the first half and we were extremely lucky only to be a goal down . |
| 4 | A Country Diary : NORTHUMBERLAND : When we saw our first immigrant golden-eye bobbing on the waters of Bolam Lake in the early months of each year , we always took it as the first sign of spring . |
| 5 | It was the final ignominy in the short , troubled history of the club that nearly made it to the First Division . |
| 6 | As he unhesitatingly obeyed , she watched him , really examined him for the first time in their acquaintance . |
| 7 | It was then that she really saw him for the first time and the blood began to sing in her ears . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm very lucky because I 'm sure there are loads of managers who get fed up with their artists music or maybe never even liked it in the first place ! |
| 9 | Fazisi is more complicated , almost the entire first half of the book is about the campaign , how it originated , how sponsors were found ( Pepsi sponsored them and then dropped them on the first day of the race ) . |
| 10 | Listen , if you go off and become a goatherd you never loved her in the first place . |
| 11 | A key concern that runs through all these debates and to some extent actually inspired them in the first place is whether one can draw clear boundaries between the social classes . |
| 12 | You never wanted him in the first place . ’ |
| 13 | Never trusted him from the first moment . |