Example sentences of "[pron] first [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were the first big fish I tried to catch when I decided to be more selective with my fishing , and when I did catch a big chub on my first attempt it set the scene for my present angling outlook . |
| 2 | At my first touch it shot away over my arm . |
| 3 | I told him he was lucky to be where he was when it happened , as when I first fainted it was in the middle of Watford High Street ! |
| 4 | ‘ The things we discussed when I first brought you to the palazzo . ’ |
| 5 | Like I always say you will , evaire since I first tell you stories , eh ? |
| 6 | ‘ I 've fancied ye rotten , ’ Parker said , ‘ all the time , since ever I first saw ye . ’ |
| 7 | She had been little more than a child when I first saw her , but no-one could forget her beautiful , lively eyes . |
| 8 | It was the next afternoon that I first saw her , she was in an incubator . |
| 9 | I first saw her when I was called to see one of Mrs Ainsworth 's dogs , and I looked in some surprise at the furry black creature sitting before the fire . |
| 10 | Now , if you 'll let me get to work while there 's still light , I ought to be able to confirm what I suspected when I first saw her — ’ He paused , bending over the body , a long hardwood implement in his hand . |
| 11 | ‘ She was four and a half when I first saw her , ’ explained Libby . |
| 12 | When I first saw her again I was surprised to find that I was now a little taller than Daphne but that she had lost almost as much weight as I had . |
| 13 | Oh it was funny with Alison when I first saw her on when she was still a terrible state she let it all out in a great scream and I just let her talk and talk and talk |
| 14 | ‘ When I first saw her I thought ‘ What on earth is that ? ’ ’ |
| 15 | I first saw him in a supporting role at the Croydon Rep in 1936 , where another young actor , seven years his junior , by the name of William Devlin , who dared to tackle King Lear at about the same time . |
| 16 | They exchanged photographs before they met , but when I first saw him he looked years older and much fatter than in his photo and now it 's emerged that he 's 48 and divorced . |
| 17 | I had been horrified at his scarecrow appearance when I first saw him at the clinic , and when I met him by chance in Tala-Tala I felt so sorry for him that I asked him if he would like to come for dinner . |
| 18 | I found out next morning that his boat was in Halfway House , but when I first saw him I had no idea he was a Moila man , and it did n't occur to me that he would know the mooring there . |
| 19 | He is as you know , 67 , but I have never been amongst those who thought that he was growing old and tired … he is , I think , just as fit as the day when I first saw him in July 1946 . |
| 20 | I first saw him when you were sitting out on the veranda ; but I did n't pay any attention to him . |
| 21 | I decided to give him the name of ‘ Man Friday ’ , because I first saw him on a Friday . |
| 22 | I must confess I was a little disappointed when I first saw him , because he looked such a little old scrap after me being used to sheepdogs . |
| 23 | I was I was so angry and and I see him a out and about and when I first saw him about I could have I could have run him down . |
| 24 | ‘ When I first saw him in the orphanage , he had a swollen head and a tiny little starved body with a pot belly . |
| 25 | When I first saw him I could n't believe my eyes — he was dressed from head to toe in khaki . |
| 26 | ‘ When I first saw him I thought he was dead . |
| 27 | when I first saw him I thought he was in his fifties |
| 28 | Especially when I first saw him sort of , crawling on his tummy and not wanting any food and I thought , ah ! |
| 29 | ‘ When I first saw them I thought they were costermongers with their black and white trousers . |
| 30 | Yes they look like erm yeah I thought they were gourds when I first saw them . |