Example sentences of "first [noun sg] i [vb base] [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ This is the first fella I have had in my family . |
| 2 | It 's the first chance I 've had of spending a couple of months at home , leading a normal life and just doing things that are interesting to do . |
| 3 | It 's the first vacation I 've had in seven years . |
| 4 | first thing I 've had for a long time is er that . |
| 5 | I 've been here for years and this is the first conversation I 've had with a human for simply ages . |
| 6 | That break in Sicily with my friends , and sailing down here on the Kestrel , was the first holiday I 've taken in ages … ’ |
| 7 | Heading west on the return flight path , the instructor said , ‘ This is the first time I 've flown with a pupil and have n't once needed to touch the controls . ’ |
| 8 | " First time I 've heard of it , " Janet cried . |
| 9 | But this must be the first time I 've puked for about two years . |
| 10 | ‘ That was the first time I 've played with Kevin . |
| 11 | And let me tell you , this is n't the first time I 've thought of it , either . ’ |
| 12 | It was the first time I 've spoken to him in years . ’ |
| 13 | Good heavens , that 's the first time I 've shouted since 1976 … |
| 14 | This is the first time I 've come into the Unit , you know , Barbara ! |
| 15 | I 'm Nancy , and this is the first time I 've come to one of these meetings . |
| 16 | Well I said to Mr , I said well this is the first time I 've sat in your lounge for nearly two years . |
| 17 | I think it 's possibly the thirteenth consecutive year I 've been on the committee and for the first time I 've managed to be elected . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's the first time I have taught at a university . |
| 19 | This is the first time I have worked without Dixie . |
| 20 | But I thought also — this is not the first time I have fled for my life with this man , who is brave if he is also stupid . |
| 21 | As you know , I am now in debt to the extent of about 700 gulden and have n't the faintest idea how I am going to support myself , Mamma and your sister on my monthly salary … this is the first time I have got into debt . |