Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [pers pn] the first " in BNC.

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1 These were Kirsty 's opening words to me the first time I saw her .
2 ‘ It had the same effect on me the first time I saw it at night . ’
3 ‘ And then set your thugs on me the first time my back 's turned .
4 I did n't take much notice of it the first few years after I left school , but now I 've been gone , what , fifteen years or so , I find quite a lot of interest in what 's happened .
5 ‘ I fell in love with her the first time I saw her , ’ Jean was saying .
6 ‘ You may remember that I begged you to make love to me the first time , Penry Vaughan !
7 It was a sound which had sent a thrill through him the first time he had heard it .
8 On the face of it the first SAS operation had been a total disaster .
9 I remember waking with my face in it the first whole night we spent together .
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