Example sentences of "i [vb past] [adv] [prep] [art] first " in BNC.

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1 And another good old word is the crome , now er that was one I came across for the first time when I came into Suffolk , the crome .
2 I remember he laughed and I noticed properly for the first time what a lovely blue his eyes were and a little thrill went through me .
3 Zak , I improvised instantly at the first enquiry , had thought the gaunt man had an interesting face and he wanted to ask if he could use him in a scene .
4 In the meantime , as I recall , er I I asked him who he was and I asked his wife who he was because he had asked what we were doing in his house and when he said his house , I thought then for the first time that perhaps this was n't who er we had on the floor .
5 I went yesterday for the first time .
6 One company director — then unconverted — whom I took there for the first time one Tuesday had this reaction : ‘ All my life I have been longing without knowing it to hear preaching like this . ’
7 And when I left home for the first time , it suddenly occurred to me that there was no reason why I should n't change it .
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