Example sentences of "[subord] my first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ So my first thought was of a time-space machine ( thanks to H. G. Wells ) in which contemporary characters ( one of whom I wanted to be a 12–13 year old ) would be able to travel forward and backward in time , and inward and outward in space . |
| 2 | ‘ No worse than my first day as a medical student , anyway . |
| 3 | It was far worse than my first day on the wards . ’ |
| 4 | I actually bought the Levin because my first choice was unavailable . |
| 5 | Because my first experience of love was here , I have never wholly transplanted myself from this soil . |
| 6 | For me , however , circumstances have changed somewhat since my first love affair with the States and my fascination has taken on a maturity that matches my years and experiences on the North American continent . |
| 7 | I have n't worked for 30 years , since my first child was born . |
| 8 | Of these two approaches I have adopted the first , formally at least , since my first chapter is concerned with scepticism , and there are constant if sporadic references to one form of sceptical argument throughout the book . |
| 9 | The difference is that she never felt guilty about it , whereas I , who have devoured baby and child books since my first pregnancy test was positive , do . |
| 10 | I pretended to be glad to see him , though my first thought was that Gill and I would n't be alone on the train back to Victoria . |
| 11 | The Gazette did n't appear to mind as long as my first loyalty remained to them . |
| 12 | as my first work , |
| 13 | K2 is a superb mountain and marvellous as my first 8000m summit . |
| 14 | However , I do still have a squashed , rather brown and mildewy rose pressed between the pages of a book somewhere , so I suppose that could be classed as my first attempt ! |