Example sentences of "have my first [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I 'd had my first experience with American enterprise .
2 Q I 've just had my first perm and I 'm a bit disappointed that my hair has lost its shine .
3 ‘ Not until after I 've had my first sip of coffee , ’ she said .
4 Before having my first child four years ago , I worked for several years as a secretary at the head office of Sainsbury 's in Canterbury , and a further year as a personal assistant for Kent County Council .
5 I remember the feeling of joy on having my first cartoon accepted .
6 Yet some twelve months after I had graduated , I was now having my first interview with my chief constable who had no idea what I had studied or what result I had achieved .
7 I was promoted to assistant manageress in the clothes shop , and worked a further eight months before leaving to have my first child .
8 I started work at 16 , married a wonderful man at 20 and left my job to have my first child at 21 .
9 I immediately set about trying to fulfil Mr Farraday 's wishes , but as you know , finding recruits of a satisfactory standard is no easy task nowadays , and although I was pleased to hire Rosemary and Agnes on Mrs Clements 's recommendation , I had got no further by the time I came to have my first business meeting with Mr Farraday during the short preliminary visit he made to our shores in the spring of last year .
10 ‘ When I had my first heart attack 12 years ago I was terrified .
11 At eight I had my first migraine ( I could not please her , I might as well join her ; they stopped soon after I left home ) , and I started to get rapidly and relentlessly short-sighted .
12 I had my first operation when she was 14 months old .
13 Well I had my first operation twentieth of August then I had another one the second of October .
14 He was picked to run in the London Schools at Crystal Palace but withdrew , so I had my first opportunity to run outside the immediate neighbourhood of school and borough , in a new environment on an international track .
15 Its tunnels were almost big enough for me to go down , and sticking my head down one , I had my first smell of badger — and , of course , completely ruined my chance of seeing any animals that day .
16 I was about fifteen ; I made my first record and I started playing in nightclubs and I had my first drink .
17 But it was not until 1990 that I had my first spawning , and raised fry .
18 I remember that when I had my first Meccano set , Dad made a simple hoist which was clamped to the table , a pulley was fixed to a hook above the mirror and my Teddy Bear used to go on trips up to the ceiling .
19 ‘ It was n't long before I had my first bite which was a 3 lb 7 oz chub .
20 I was 14 when I had my first date .
21 During this time I had my first experience with a knitting machine .
22 When I reached the pit bottom , there was approximately three feet of water at the pit bottom and I had my first experience of water in the mines .
23 I watch the familiar shops and houses go by ; Mum 's old gift shop ( now a video shop ) ; the Arms , where I had my first pint ; Dad 's old garage , still doing business .
24 In 1967 I married and had my first child .
25 Well I feel erm really that we should have a little bit more compassion amongst ourselves as women and when I had my first child I had a very good friend who went through the pregnancy with me who is waiting for a child to arrive by adoption , and she had the baby a couple of months after I had my baby .
26 I had my first child one year after I got married .
27 Six years ago , I had my first child with no complications .
28 Six years ago , I had my first child with no complications .
29 far back in my life so I can recall my first piece of actual writing , I have a scrapbook at home and I look at it regularly , it had my first pieces of work in it , I usually drew pictures and then wrote things , my first piece was on A four and I have drawn a table , my mum and myself , I was holding a , I wrote one sentence and it was surprisingly literate this is what I wrote , it is my party and I wait for my friends to come , I did many pieces of work
30 I had my first car when I was 10 , with a chauffeur .
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