Example sentences of "when [pron] [vb past] [vb pp] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I 'd finished the first prayer and turned to face him , I saw that he was kneeling . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | She had learned when she had held the first costume up against her , that her mother had been small , hardly , it seemed , an inch or two taller than Ellie was now . |
| 4 | Yet when he had finished the first thing she said was , ‘ But you have n't really talked of the most important thing — the other eagles who were with you . |
| 5 | When he had finished the first beer , Maxim asked : ‘ Did you know the Schickerts well ? ’ |