Example sentences of "it the first [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Was n't it the first black they 'd ever had there , dad ? |
| 2 | Marchmont was driven to complain that Anson had been ready enough to promise that he would ‘ do it the first moment it was possible ’ , and had already been strongly urged to promote Lieutenant Home by the Duke of Newcastle , but yet had done nothing . |
| 3 | He really did n't like it the first time we played it , so he tried spoiling it . |
| 4 | ‘ Well , she was doing it the first time I laid eyes on her ! ’ |
| 5 | if I 'd have fed it the first time I 'd have understood it , but I 've only fed it today ! |
| 6 | Suppose , for example , that your most recent life had been a particularly horrifying and traumatic one : you would not really want to experience it the first time you were regressed , as you might not be able to cope . |
| 7 | You listen to it the first time you do n't like it and then after that then |
| 8 | I remembered Sopworth saying how the cat had no sense of territory , how he 'd only just caught it the first time it escaped , racing north along the A2 . |