Example sentences of "when i first [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I first met the car manufacturers , they did not appear to be taking the matter very seriously at all , but my last meeting with them revealed that they are now much more prepared to make their cars more secure . |
| 2 | When I first came the cleaning was more general . |
| 3 | When I first saw the dog , it was quite obvious he 'd been deeply affected by the explosion and had developed a 100-watt phobia for light bulbs ! |
| 4 | ‘ When I first saw the head in the font it just looked familiar — I could n't sort out why . |
| 5 | Like the hon. Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire ( Mr. Kirkwood ) , I was concerned when I first saw the complexity of the disability regulations . |
| 6 | ‘ When I first saw the grand old lady she was a sorry sight ’ , said . |
| 7 | I must confess when I first saw the plan , I was totally confused by it . |
| 8 | ‘ When I first saw the portrait , though the clasp did n't consciously register , my subconscious must have picked it up , because something I could n't pin down nagged at me , and made me want to look again . ’ |
| 9 | When I first announced the results of my calculations at a conference at the Rutherford-Appleton Laboratory near Oxford , I was greeted with general incredulity . |
| 10 | When I first began the work that I am doing now , I decided to keep an open mind about the topic ; but , as time has progressed , I have been able to record details of fact , time and place given to me by my patients which have later been checked and confirmed and found to be wholly accurate . |
| 11 | As the morning mist had risen long ago when I first left the forge , so the evening mist was rising now , and in the clear moonlight I saw no shadow of another separation from her . |
| 12 | ‘ When I first left the Close people were convinced that I was actually still in the series and that obviously had its drawbacks . |
| 13 | I took her hand in mine , and we went out of the ruined place ; and , as the morning mists had risen long ago when I first left the forge , so , the evening mists were rising now , and in all the broad expanse of tranquil light they showed me , I saw no shadow of another parting from her . |
| 14 | I had not known Melinda when I first entertained the idea of travelling the length of the Nile . |
| 15 | When I first got the macro lens , I tried a whole range of permutations with aperture , shutter speeds , flash angles and camera angles . |
| 16 | I have really not seen anything as bad as that , apart from the attacks I had from Labour members when I first got the Commons , when they called me Harvey Proctor in drag . |
| 17 | A small victory really , because the decisive defeat of the bottles had come about long ago , shortly after I learned to throw , when I first realised the sea was an enemy . |
| 18 | This was much more than I expected when I first had the idea in 1982 of writing a popular book about the universe . |
| 19 | ‘ I was doubtful when I first had the idea , but Margaret has no cousins or … ’ |
| 20 | to , to , I mean when I first had the er plaster off , which was for ten days it was , I could not believe it that these fingers were not going but I 'm told that that 's quite usual . |
| 21 | Where and when I first heard the names ‘ Rhine ’ or ‘ Danube ’ I can not now remember . |
| 22 | ‘ I was thrilled when I first heard the Trumpet Hornpipe tune being used on Pugwash , ’ says Edmondson . |
| 23 | Reviewers would put ‘ When I first heard the name I expected four guys in Factory haircuts ’ . |
| 24 | When I first heard the first noise I thought what the bloody hell 's that and I turned the sound down . |
| 25 | Quintin Hailsham told me later : ‘ When I first read the report my hair stood on end , and at my age that takes some doing . ’ |
| 26 | Marje says : ‘ When I first read the book , it seemed like fiction . |
| 27 | One of the things that surprised me when I first read the New Testament seriously was that it was always talking about a Dark Power in the universe — a mighty evil spirit who was held to be the Power behind death and disease , and sin . |
| 28 | It was very good — even though it left a nasty taste in my mouth , the same sort of shudder I felt when I first read The Turn of the Screw . |
| 29 | Let me give you an example , one I remember because years ago when I first read the book I actually penetrated the secret . |
| 30 | We 've bailed each other out and bolstered each other up , we know without asking , so it would have been pointless trying to hide it from her when I first discovered the lumps eighteen months ago . |