Example sentences of "when [pron] [verb] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | I remember being thrilled when I got the first whicker of recognition from my horse and most people feel happier and more confident riding a horse they know — even if it is n't well behaved ! |
| 2 | One survivor says : ‘ When I saw the first bomb fall , I knew that it was going to be a bad day for America ’ . |
| 3 | I think , because I had been working on Armchair Theatre , I was used to a certain style of drama , so when I saw the first Doctor Who script my first reaction was , after the first half hour , all we were left with was a lot of hairy-chested cavemen jumping around , grunting and going ‘ Ug ’ . |
| 4 | I was struck when I attended the first conference on corporate governance after the draft Cadbury Report was published . |
| 5 | And that was a fortnight ago when I had the first scan . |
| 6 | Air temperature was 15 ° C at 8.00 pm , just before complete darkness , when I heard the first voices in an extensively flooded field . |
| 7 | As I now personally from one of my previous lives in nineteen eighty-two , when I became the first Director of the newly independent National Federation of Community Organisations . |
| 8 | erm when I went the first year I looked at them . |
| 9 | When I say the first floor , I 'm talking about the ground floor and the first floor , you know ? |
| 10 | When I did the first two talks , Dawn was n't trained enough to fly , though on the second she did manage a short hop , but by the time this big lecture came along she was flying on the creance . |
| 11 | Yet when I placed the first hot pad on to the boy 's twisted left leg he seemed not to feel any pain ; I supposed the pain of the spasms had made him impervious to a lesser pain . |
| 12 | When I read the first six words of that I thought , good Lord , we 're going to get a bit of policy here and but no , no , none of it . |
| 13 | Yeah , when you put the first coat on it . |
| 14 | This should always be double checked when you issue the first invoice to a new customer . |
| 15 | Note that this should be done before the series of lectures commences , so that a mental map of the topic is before you when you attend the first lecture . |
| 16 | However , when you ask the first child to look at the card written on the piece of paper , it is the correct one . |
| 17 | On any model , when knitting the neckline , start with the second side of the neck with the carriage on the same side as it was when you started the first side of the neck . |
| 18 | If you roll a misfire when you roll the first dice the cannon has literally misfired and may explode . |
| 19 | She was in her first-floor sitting room , secure in her easy chair , when she heard the first sirens , saw the first police cars turn into her street . |
| 20 | A young woman who was with her hid when she heard the first shots and witnessed what happened . |
| 21 | Mrs Elliott broke new ground when she became the first woman solicitor in the firm about 15 years ago . |
| 22 | When she read the first word , J O E , her heart gave a great leap . |
| 23 | Ahl , 18 , from Exeter , outplayed her opponent particularly in the second set when she took the first five games . |
| 24 | When she reached the first hill , she looked back at Marlott and her father 's house with sadness in her heart . |
| 25 | She intended to go straight to the second floor and find a policeman she could tell about the keys , but when she reached the first floor landing she veered into the newsroom instead . |
| 26 | Peter Jenkinson , Head of Walsall 's Museums and Art Galleries commented : ‘ When we launched the first show three years ago , we were amazed at the amount of secret collectors we discovered behind ordinary people 's front doors . |
| 27 | Until 1978 that is , when we had the first and last National Conference in this country and after spending about three days cooking rice and feeling very exhausted , I went up on the platform to speak on behalf of Chi lean women and I was made to shut up . |
| 28 | when we bought them , when we had the first lot of springs |
| 29 | Remember what he said when we called the first time ? |
| 30 | The Wright bothers did this when they developed the first operational airplane . |