Example sentences of "first [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alec Guinness , who first met him at this time , considers that reading poetry on radio was the best thing he did . |
| 2 | Although he had recently been converted , it was Paisley 's conservative attack on unreliable unionist leaders which first drew him to Free Presbyterianism . |
| 3 | But I have loved you ever since I first saw you in this house . |
| 4 | It was the issue that first brought me into active politics as long ago as 1964 . |
| 5 | When David first brought her to this house as his wife , Beth had hoped she could fit in , make this place a proper home for all of them . |
| 6 | Finally , I should like to express my gratitude to my partner , John Stacey , a lawyer of considerable intellect who , while bearing no responsibility for the contents of this work , first introduced me to commercial conveyancing and has since played no little part in my continuing education in the subject . |