Example sentences of "the first [noun] since i [vb past] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ But for the first time since I came to England in August 1977 , I 'll be hoping Liverpool do n't win again . |
2 | I actually slept fairly well last night , for the first time since I got here . |
3 | Bernie was speechless , for the first time since I 'd known him . |
4 | Jan sat on one of our original moquette chairs and Darren picked up the atmosphere and , for the first time since I 'd met him , sat on a chair in silence . |
5 | For the first time since I had been shot down I was alone . |
6 | For the first time since I had come to the college I had access to student political material because my boyfriend was reading the posters , leaflets and student newspapers to me . |
7 | For the first time since I had to leave home , this is a place that will leave a scar . |
8 | For the first time since I cried my heart out in Puerto Rico — I was crying . |
9 | I should perhaps add that I was not a member of the committee who heard these appeals in the first hearing since I became involved only when your Lordships who sat in the first hearing suggested a second hearing under my chairmanship and accordingly I have not been asked to consider this matter apart from the discussion of the extracts from Hansard which have been put before us in this appeal . |