Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [adj] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Anyway , when I found out how well-known he was , I made sure the first spot was very organised . |
| 2 | I realised this the first time I saw her dressed up to go out — excited , nervous and yet so alive . |
| 3 | I understood this the first time I read him , he wrote , in that smelly room in Hackney . |
| 4 | She concentrated on Durance instead and said : ‘ You saw this the first time on the Jonquil , did n't you ? |
| 5 | In fact he spent all the first winter of the war pontooning , and then was driving lorries on bomb disposal . |
| 6 | He handed her the folded documents as he prised open the first box . |
| 7 | On the landing he pushed open the first bedroom door , and there in front of him was Sarah Ryan . |