Example sentences of "[prep] i [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ann , would you be able to have Sally for me on the first of May ? |
| 2 | ‘ Dustin was so far ahead of me through the first half of the picture , it was n't even funny , ’ Peckinpah confessed . |
| 3 | As the white cliffs of Dover receded and the coast of France drew near , the inimitable excitement of ‘ abroad ’ took hold of me for the first time — the only really positive emotion I had felt for twenty-six months . |
| 4 | ‘ It came from me in the first place , did n't it ? |
| 5 | ‘ For instance , when you asked the official you met to find you some film-makers to talk to , he rung me up and spoke to me for the first time for years . |
| 6 | And at the end of the class , near the bust of Unamuno , I heard your voice calling to me for the first time . |
| 7 | Professor Ruiperez told me I need not start my classes until I was quite recovered , and the women in the office and the library spoke friendly words to me for the first time . |
| 8 | It occurred to me for the first time that he might not know whether or not I 'd lost the baby . |
| 9 | Teachers would come up smiling — not having spoken to me since the first year and now I was a sixth former . |
| 10 | Not anything like it would have been if Uncle Bill had left it to me in the first place , because it will pay duty twice . ’ |
| 11 | Why did n't you show it to me in the first place ? |
| 12 | ‘ She did come to me in the first place . ’ |
| 13 | Frigidity has only been better exemplified to me by the first psychotic woman I ever saw , who complained that her vagina contained a block of ice . |
| 14 | ‘ I was so afraid you would be hurt , then I found myself wondering if I could trust David or whether he would walk out on me at the first sign of trouble . ’ |
| 15 | Offering the blond English boy — the one I was throwing water at now — half my lunch , and sitting there full of gratitude because he smiled , because he liked the taste of the piece of chicken dipped in cumin and saffron and he had smiled at me for the first time . |
| 16 | Nigel turned his head to look at me for the first time and smiled in a kindly manner . |
| 17 | Suddenly , looking at me for the first time , ‘ Tell me , ’ she said , ‘ oh , tell me — what are you in ? ’ |
| 18 | He looked at me for the first time when I said this . |
| 19 | He nodded and he looked at me for the first time . |
| 20 | He looks at me for the first time . |
| 21 | This books has been designed : by me in the first place with my subjects , writing and drawings ; then by the print designer . |