Example sentences of "first [noun] i [vb past] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over the first course I made the usual polite inquiries about Sally 's new job and asked her what she had been up to for the last half-dozen years or so . |
| 2 | About fifty feet from the first tent I turned the van around and pulled it slightly off the track . |
| 3 | ‘ Well , because , in the first place I had the radio on , and what with the paraffin stove going — that makes a bit of noise — and a towel round my head … |
| 4 | On first sight I thought the building the ugliest in Milan , but my opinion changed a little after seeing the Via San Barnaba façade , which is less sense-slaughtering and even has some redeeming features . |
| 5 | On first acquaintance I found the keyhole cockpit did not give such a positive feel to the boat as the smaller cockpit rims of glass boats but none of the students noticed this . |
| 6 | The serial strategy involved thinking of or placing your finger on an imaginary scale and moving backwards and forwards along that scale as adjectives were successively read out until a final impression was reached ; ‘ after the first adjective I rated the person in my head , then moved backwards or forwards along the scale after each attribute ’ or ‘ 1 . |
| 7 | on quite a few occasions , Windows ran until the first time I rebooted the computer . |
| 8 | Many of the records — ‘ pinched ’ from or discarded by his musical family — were scratched and worn , but it was Music with a capital ‘ M ’ and the first time I heard the Chopin first piano concerto , we nearly had a fight because I insisted on playing it right through four times . |
| 9 | It was a bit perplexing the first time I heard the chant though , because of the other associations that could be drawn from it ! |
| 10 | The first time I saw the fish inflate , the only other occupants of the tank were three Green Chromis . |
| 11 | For the first time I realized the humiliating narrowness of mind with which one has to be equipped in time of war . |
| 12 | The sun beat into the sedan , and not for the first time I questioned the desirability of our climate as applied to automobile drivers . |
| 13 | My jaw was on the carriage floor the first time I took the train to Mallaig . |
| 14 | The first time I took the VS 300 tent out my ten year old daughter came with me . |
| 15 | For the first time I noticed the brothers ' yarmulkes in the somewhat subdued light of the boardroom , plain black skullcaps blending in with the pale glow of the room . |
| 16 | I pride myself on an ability to remember route details , but I do n't think I kept to my line of ascent for more than a third of the way down the first time I did the Hornli Ridge . |
| 17 | The first time I visited the Hart Stone in County Durham with Paul Screeton in 1969 , for example , I experienced strong tingling and Paul has recounted cases where the stone appeared to have healing properties . |
| 18 | I think that was the first time I uttered the words , ‘ Never mind . |
| 19 | Condensation : the first time I used the tent was a still moonlit evening . |
| 20 | I remember the first time I used the frail I got a clout o' the skull that I 'd remember . |