Example sentences of "first [noun sg] my " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ By the time I reached the first green my clubs were soaked . |
| 2 | On the first day of the blizzard 30 of my sheep got buried and on the first night my kennel runs were covered with six feet of snow , making it difficult , if not impossible , to get the dogs out . |
| 3 | On that first occasion my father took me through Craven Hill Gardens into Porchester Terrace , showed me the blank brick back of the facades and lifted me up on to the wall so that I could look down into the shaft . |
| 4 | ‘ No diet is easy and I found the first few days hard , but by the end of the first week my skin became clearer , my nails grew stronger and my hair was healthy and shining . |
| 5 | The first thing my livingstonii did was to develop white spot , unusual in cichlids and the more so in Mbuna , and it was while they were undergoing treatment in methylene blue that I started to learn what characters they can be . |
| 6 | This was not the first time my employer had raised such a question ; indeed , it seems to be something which genuinely troubles him . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's the first time my students have said at the end of the book that they love grammar ! ’ |
| 8 | The first time my mother had been indignant and remarked that Syl had no right to disappear for the evening without telling us where he was going . |
| 9 | She was the headmistress of a school in Bolton and read about me when Alec Donaldson wrote an article in the Yorkshire Post , which was the first time my name was brought to the attention of the public . |
| 10 | ‘ And then set your thugs on me the first time my back 's turned . |
| 11 | A trip to the blood donors may seem like a strange topic to write about in a staff magazine but it is one that took my mind back a few years to the first time my mum persuaded me to go . |
| 12 | For the first time my life wo n't be ordered . |