Example sentences of "i [adj] [vb past] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I remember that when I first got to Vogue , it was all the old school . |
| 2 | However , this is not always easy to achieve , as I found out when I first returned to work in 1977 after my degree course . |
| 3 | when I first went to Weightwatchers . |
| 4 | It was when I first went to London . |
| 5 | By the time I first went to Moscow in 1987 the imperial decay had become all too apparent . |
| 6 | It was in 1924 when I was fourteen that I first went to work for Mrs Field . |
| 7 | When I first went to work , I went and joined the union , there was n't one in the factory I was working in and so I went to the nearest er trade union office and joined . |
| 8 | During the War , we were kept , my mother and I , in a Japanese prison camp , which was n't much fun at the time , but won me an awestruck admiration from the other boys when I first went to school . |
| 9 | He told me , before I first went to England in 1947 , to make sure I came back for the next Australian season so that I would be eligible for selection for the '48 tour . |
| 10 | When I first went to Dent , before the war , I arrived at dusk , hungry and footsore after walking all day . |
| 11 | When I first went to St Aidans the Geography rooms were in annexes . |
| 12 | When I first went to Holloway , I was frightened by the look of the screws : some are fat and tall . |
| 13 | ‘ I first went to Shorncliffe in Kent ; then Colchester , Salisbury Plain ; and then France . |
| 14 | When I first came to England with your father , I was shocked at the women 's laziness here . |
| 15 | WHEN I FIRST came to New Zealand in May 1991 , I was unaware of the profound effect the country would have upon me . |
| 16 | When I first came to New York even a traffic jam was interesting . |
| 17 | ‘ You helped me buy the land for the new town when I first came to Haiti . |
| 18 | When I first came to Tioman 10 years ago , the hotel was an intimate place of 70 rooms . |
| 19 | When I first came to Shieldaig , I walked the twelve miles from Lochcarron in the south , on the only road giving access to the village , a road badly rutted and offering no invitation to wheels and , indeed , no vehicles passed me . |
| 20 | In seventy one when I first came to Westminster , I was introduced to pairing . |
| 21 | When I first came to Slumptown which is twenty-one years ago , this street was one of the quietest streets in Slumptown . |
| 22 | When I first moved to Hackney in London 's East End as a medical student in 1971 I saw the graffito : ‘ HACKNEY — AN ASYLUM WITHOUT WALLS ’ . |
| 23 | When I first moved to Wallingford I was told by a local resident ( in no uncertain terms ) what would happen to me if did n't continue with the tradition of putting a Christmas Tree on the silo top . |
| 24 | ‘ When I first moved to LA , I still had this idea of swinging glamour — to be a woman in control but sexy and fun . |
| 25 | ‘ When I first moved to LA , I still had this idea of swinging glamour . |
| 26 | I have n't had any for years — not since I last went to Rome probably . ’ |
| 27 | Many an age has passed since I last descended to Undersea ; I did not know the dark powers had such a grip on it . |