Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] my first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I hoped we could gloss over my first marriage as much as possible . ’ |
| 2 | My mind played over my first robbery . |
| 3 | After that , I was put on a weekly wage of five shillings — a veritable fortune — four of which I kept locked in a tin box under Granpa 's bed until I had saved up my first guinea : a man what 's got a guinea got security , Mr Salmon once told me as he stood outside his shop , thumbs in his waistcoat pockets , displaying a shiny gold watch and chain . |
| 4 | This was my distinct feeling when nervously trying to set up my first foray into journalism . |
| 5 | I was just building up my first business then , and a thing like that is a bit like riding a roller-coaster — you need all the speed you can collect on the downhill runs to take you over the next hump . |
| 6 | Sharpe , who missed large chunks of last season and this through injury and illness : ‘ I was desperate to notch up my first goal . |
| 7 | I was soon to take up my first teaching post in a Secondary School and he had called to ask if I were able to make use of a potter 's wheel which he could provide for the new Art room . |
| 8 | I celebrated that night by ordering my first pint of beer and lighting up my first Woodbine . |