Example sentences of "i [vb past] [verb] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If I 'd gone first , the house would have come to you with ten thousand and the rest would have gone for research into glandular diseases . ’ |
| 2 | for one thing , if we 'd taken one of their houses and I 'd died first , my wife would of been left without a home |
| 3 | I decided to speak first to the father , because he was blind , and would not be frightened by my terrible face and body . |
| 4 | He fell back , but the other man , the one I had seen first , came running forward . |
| 5 | I had conquered first Aix , then Paris . |
| 6 | I had to give first aid treatment when needed and issued simple medicines , which included ‘ Miss Alba ’ , a white elixir effective in the eradication of constipation . |
| 7 | I was at this time that I renewed my acquaintance with Herbert Read , whom I had met first at Oxford in the company of Nevill Coghill . |
| 8 | I had got first prize for guitar at the Melody Maker contest and soon I was selling stories and now I find my principal interest is still p H. |
| 9 | Mum asked me to ice his birthday cake while they were out and decorate it with chocolate leaves which I had to make first . |
| 10 | I had come first in our exams and tests . |
| 11 | To answer these questions about life I had to learn first about death . |