Example sentences of "i [vb past] [vb pp] [pron] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | He says : ‘ I 'm not motivated by money , otherwise I would have quit after I 'd made my first eight million dollars , which was enough for me . |
| 2 | I 'd had my first experience with American enterprise . |
| 3 | I said , actually , I 'd ordered his first I said , but I thought I 'd treat you . |
| 4 | I mean , I myself , for instance , after I 'd published my first book on psychoanalysis in nineteen eighty was summoned to the House of Commons by and given a dinner , in the House of Commons Restaurant , which is n't very good actually , least it was n't then , and effectively I was told by this great man was , noticed , had a very high opinion of his own ego , that erm , you know the left was in charge of psychoanalysis in this country , and had better conform or shut up . |
| 5 | I could not believe that I had got my first job . |
| 6 | Before that , in 1963 , I had published my first article — also on an aspect of the language of advertising . |
| 7 | But I had learned my first lesson . |
| 8 | I had won my first major title . |
| 9 | I met my teacher 's teacher once , fairly soon after I had finished my first instruments . |