Example sentences of "when [pers pn] first [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do not want to be harsh , but when I first set eyes on him I knew the type at once : the big , gangling provincial , so eager and relieved to find himself at last in artistic circles . |
| 2 | Well it , it , at least it 's gold , I mean , I , I , I was in the jewellery trade when I first left school , between school and national service I worked at a manufacturing jewellers in Birmingham and I 've never really gone along with the idea that nine carat is actually gold . |
| 3 | When you first choice hotel is full you will be offered an alternative . |
| 4 | When you first start squatting do n't overdo it . |
| 5 | Joyful mother Liliana Contadora lied about her age when she first saw doctors in Bologna , Italy . |
| 6 | Was he even now locked up in some prison cell to become once again the unkempt figure he had been when she first set eyes on him ? |
| 7 | ‘ When they first start work , they come and see the person who 's in charge , it could be me or my deputy . |
| 8 | Only adults make a pig 's ear of it when they first start fishing as adults . |
| 9 | When he first set foot in Adam 's Creek he used to think they were snakes or lizards , some kind of reptile anyway . |