Example sentences of "from that first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I still have a nagging disappointment and frustration from that first leg but I still believe we have a big chance . |
| 2 | They had wanted each other from that first night , and now , in this dimly lit room , with Nicolo 's mouth on hers , with his hands on her breasts , she had finally run out of lies and excuses , not just for him but for herself . |
| 3 | It is a far cry from that first press report in 1905 … |
| 4 | Rather tentatively at first , volunteers came forward to work the word-processors ; another manned the phone continuously from that first day until the office finally moved out of its temporary accommodation in the middle of May . |
| 5 | I 've loved you from that first day . " |
| 6 | ‘ And I knew it from that first day when you came driving down to the chais like a crazy woman . |
| 7 | I returned from that first Manhattan holiday aglow with the pleasure of new friends acquired in New York 's radio circles , and , of course , a large autographed photo of Jessica for Fred Workman . |
| 8 | ‘ Oh , yes , I 've wanted you from that first meeting in France . ’ |
| 9 | It had all happened so long ago , and she had found a successful career for herself in radio anyway , despite Luke 's having caused her to be dismissed from that first job back in South Africa and the subsequent need to abandon her Communications course , and as he himself had pointed out — oh , as she herself had always known deep down , hence her long-ago guilt — she had chosen to leave Johannesburg when her father was dying . |
| 10 | From that first step into making money there is a pattern of change in product or profession or activity which is explained by the opportunity to make more money . |
| 11 | Flares are n't news in Dublin they 're still wearing them from that first time round . |
| 12 | ‘ From that first time I met you . |
| 13 | From that first introduction it had been all-out war . |
| 14 | From that first manifestation of life the evolutionary processes continued all through the countless ages of this Second Period , that is , the period from the beginnings of life to the dawn of civilisation , and life developed by virtue of the laws of survival as disclosed by the Darwinian school . |
| 15 | If she did n't know any better , she would have said she 'd had too much to drink , but apart from that first glass of punch , which she 'd never finished , and then Luke 's celebratory champagne , she had n't touched alcohol all evening . |
| 16 | So all I can remember from that first evening by the pool is a general physical impression — of a sweet , typically Californian girl in her early twenties , with long legs , a firm bust , wide-apart eyes below blonde hair and — oh yes , of course ! — hundreds of freckles . |
| 17 | From that first evening together began a series of shared outings : days that were so nearly enchanted — evenings too , when she could forget what might await her return . |
| 18 | ‘ From that first moment I felt like his mother . |
| 19 | All the problems that had beset them from that first moment their eyes had met in the courtyard on the day of her arrival had vanished , it seemed , giving way to the greater power of one fact — now they were lovers . |
| 20 | From that first morning , Constance felt happy in the south . |