Example sentences of "first i knew [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first I knew about it was Malcolm going on about rubber . |
| 2 | The first I knew about the plan to publish it in the newspapers tomorrow was a fax at midday today . ’ |
| 3 | ’ That was the first I knew about it , ’ he recalls . |
| 4 | The first I knew about it was a massive gaoler dragging me from the Common side up to the turnkey 's lodge . |
| 5 | That was the first I knew about it . |
| 6 | The first I knew of this was when , seeing his bollard shape through the wrought-iron railings , my old humiliator Holland turned to me and said , placing predictably his malicious emphasis , ‘ There 's your ‘ guardian ’ , Wharton , come to take you off for some wanky-wanky , as usual . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ The first I knew of the positive test came in a letter from the Jockey Club . |