Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [verb] my first " in BNC.
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| 1 | He says : ‘ I 'm not motivated by money , otherwise I would have quit after I 'd made my first eight million dollars , which was enough for me . |
| 2 | I 'd had my first experience with American enterprise . |
| 3 | I mean , I myself , for instance , after I 'd published my first book on psychoanalysis in nineteen eighty was summoned to the House of Commons by and given a dinner , in the House of Commons Restaurant , which is n't very good actually , least it was n't then , and effectively I was told by this great man was , noticed , had a very high opinion of his own ego , that erm , you know the left was in charge of psychoanalysis in this country , and had better conform or shut up . |
| 4 | By the time I came to do my first talk , her feathers were a lovely tawny colour with large patches flecked with grey and smaller specks of black and white . |
| 5 | I immediately set about trying to fulfil Mr Farraday 's wishes , but as you know , finding recruits of a satisfactory standard is no easy task nowadays , and although I was pleased to hire Rosemary and Agnes on Mrs Clements 's recommendation , I had got no further by the time I came to have my first business meeting with Mr Farraday during the short preliminary visit he made to our shores in the spring of last year . |
| 6 | ‘ The day we saw the outstanding location of Crystal Springs House was the day I decided to develop my first hotel . |
| 7 | Short stories , memoirs , diary notes , and finally , I started writing my first novel . |
| 8 | I could not believe that I had got my first job . |
| 9 | Before that , in 1963 , I had published my first article — also on an aspect of the language of advertising . |
| 10 | But I had learned my first lesson . |
| 11 | I had to admit my first impression was not quite what I had expected : instead of bold cliffs and mountain peaks , all we could see from the heaving deck of the boat was a seemingly endless beach of black shingle fringed by white breakers . |
| 12 | I had won my first major title . |
| 13 | I met my teacher 's teacher once , fairly soon after I had finished my first instruments . |
| 14 | This was not how I wished to catch my first sight of the fabled city of Lazarillo de Tormes and of Gil Blas , who in Le Sage 's novel made the journey to Salamanca only from Oviedo in the north . |
| 15 | After the big stick came the carrot : he offered to pay my first month 's rent at a hostel he knew . |