Example sentences of "[pron] first [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another door opened to me last year when my daughter presented me with a gorgeous grandson , Simon , the same daughter who was instrumental in my first joining the Brownie Pack so many years ago ! |
| 2 | ‘ I first made the Cup team in 1981 and I desperately want to be in next year 's . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I first investigated the possibility of studying for an occupational health certificate in 1975 , but at that time the only way that this could be achieved was by full-time studying and I could n't do that because of family commitments . |
| 4 | ‘ When I first saw the portrait , though the clasp did n't consciously register , my subconscious must have picked it up , because something I could n't pin down nagged at me , and made me want to look again . ’ |
| 5 | I must confess when I first saw the plan , I was totally confused by it . |
| 6 | Like the hon. Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire ( Mr. Kirkwood ) , I was concerned when I first saw the complexity of the disability regulations . |
| 7 | I first saw the Baroness as I walked up the drive of Askham Grange prison . |
| 8 | ‘ When I first saw the head in the font it just looked familiar — I could n't sort out why . |
| 9 | It was there I first saw the Face To Face programmes , too , little realising John Freeman would one day become my greatest influence as an interviewer . |
| 10 | When I first saw the dog , it was quite obvious he 'd been deeply affected by the explosion and had developed a 100-watt phobia for light bulbs ! |
| 11 | At the cross , at the cross where I first saw the light , and the burden of my heart rolled away , it was there by faith I receive my sight and now I am happy all the day ! |
| 12 | It was very good — even though it left a nasty taste in my mouth , the same sort of shudder I felt when I first read The Turn of the Screw . |
| 13 | Quintin Hailsham told me later : ‘ When I first read the report my hair stood on end , and at my age that takes some doing . ’ |
| 14 | Marje says : ‘ When I first read the book , it seemed like fiction . |
| 15 | Let me give you an example , one I remember because years ago when I first read the book I actually penetrated the secret . |
| 16 | A small victory really , because the decisive defeat of the bottles had come about long ago , shortly after I learned to throw , when I first realised the sea was an enemy . |
| 17 | When I first met the car manufacturers , they did not appear to be taking the matter very seriously at all , but my last meeting with them revealed that they are now much more prepared to make their cars more secure . |
| 18 | I first got the idea of the crocheted styles after looking at a piece of fabric and thinking : ‘ I could do that with hair . ’ |
| 19 | David was n't there , so I was living with Angela and that 's when I first got the inkling that all was not well between David and Tony . |
| 20 | When I first began the work that I am doing now , I decided to keep an open mind about the topic ; but , as time has progressed , I have been able to record details of fact , time and place given to me by my patients which have later been checked and confirmed and found to be wholly accurate . |
| 21 | When I first came the cleaning was more general . |
| 22 | I had not known Melinda when I first entertained the idea of travelling the length of the Nile . |
| 23 | Five years ago , when I first had the notion of a show based on Joyce 's work , I mentioned it to Clive James , who knew her personally . |
| 24 | The subject has fascinated me since I first had the privilege of being led into it as a postgraduate student of Professor J. C. Smith in the mid 1960s . |
| 25 | This was much more than I expected when I first had the idea in 1982 of writing a popular book about the universe . |
| 26 | ‘ I was doubtful when I first had the idea , but Margaret has no cousins or … ’ |
| 27 | I first had the idea for the Dawn Craggs Meningitis Appeal when my wife , Ena , was in Darlington Memorial Hospital with cancer . |
| 28 | Reviewers would put ‘ When I first heard the name I expected four guys in Factory haircuts ’ . |
| 29 | ‘ I was thrilled when I first heard the Trumpet Hornpipe tune being used on Pugwash , ’ says Edmondson . |
| 30 | I remember when I first heard the music I panicked . |