Example sentences of "i [vb past] [prep] first [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I encountered at first hand the sufferings of un-dernourished children and out-of-work ironstone miners and their impoverished families , ’ he writes .
2 The bedding which I observed at first hand in 1954 in the peasant community of Pul Eliya was nothing like as grand as the stereotype ; but , apart from some minor differences , it had all the same elements and for the most part they occurred in just the same sequence .
3 When I first met John Hurt in 1977 , when he was in Devon filming The Shout , I saw at first hand how much he drank .
4 Thus I saw at first hand the developing excitement within the scientific community on two continents as thousands of us changed research programmes literally overnight and attempted to replicate the phenomenon .
5 I saw at first hand what a regressive prison regime does to prisoners .
6 I saw at first hand the problems Linfield had with travel arrangements and communications … give me Belfast every time . ’
7 I saw at first hand the problems Linfield had with travel arrangements and communications … give me Belfast every time . ’
8 I think I did in first place , I must a forgot to change it .
9 I may indeed remind my friend of a thought I had by referring to it as the one I had on first wakening in Venice .
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