Example sentences of "first [noun sg] i have [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chairman , thank , thank you very much indeed erm Chairman , I will in fact and er perhaps if I read that in the first instance I have n't circulated it erm if I read that the first instance it will set the of what I have to say . |
| 2 | First mention I 've actually seen in months . |
| 3 | With the first stroke I have already reached the end , said Picasso . |
| 4 | She was the first pig I 'd ever met , and she set me thinking , and reading up on pigs . |
| 5 | It was the first funeral I had ever been to where there was genuine laughter . |
| 6 | It 's the first job I 'd ever had you see , and then erm I , I suppose my next job was erm recording the bus mileage . |
| 7 | Yeah , but I this will be the first match I have n't played this season . |
| 8 | She said , ‘ She 's the first person I 've ever known die , in my life . ’ |
| 9 | That 's a point , erm first person I 've ever known to be bored with last night at the . |
| 10 | On that first day I had little thought to spare for Parma itself , but gradually I came to realize how fortunate I was to go to school in a city that was both beautiful and intensely interesting . |
| 11 | You 're the first woman I 've ever met who had the slightest idea what travelling light means . |
| 12 | Bathsheba , you are the first woman I have ever loved . |
| 13 | Leeds was the first city I had ever visited and when I was taken by car to the television studios I had my first encounter with revolving doors , which I found rather strange . |
| 14 | Now my twenty first birthday I 'd never had a copper for weeks , w e had n't got anything , anything at all , and all we got really was the old fashioned dog biscuits . |
| 15 | Yeah , the first thing I 've ever the first time I 've shaved my legs , I forgot the water . |
| 16 | It was the first thing I 'd ever kept from her . |
| 17 | As I opened it , and looked out , I realized that it was the first time I had consciously looked out : before , I had always been hurrying by . |
| 18 | First time I had n't spent Christmas with Vicki I think since they were married . |
| 19 | It was the first time I had ever heard of a savant with a linguistic ability . |
| 20 | It was the first time I had ever trained a bird to do something I wanted it to do . |
| 21 | It was the first time I had ever seen a live tennis match — Wimbledon has always been out of the question financially , and the Midland Bank tournament offered me the chance to see live international tennis at a reasonable price . |
| 22 | This was the first time I had ever encountered anyone walking into a cathedral who had never heard of Jesus Christ . |
| 23 | ‘ It was a process of necessity , really but , since it was just me and a Portastudio , it was the first time I 'd ever been in the position of being able to write and record without any kind of pressure from anyone else . |
| 24 | ‘ It was the first time I 'd ever seen myself on screen . |
| 25 | I went to see the semi-finals of the Midland Bank Championships in Brighton — the first time I 'd ever seen a tennis match live . |
| 26 | I said this was the first time I 'd ever been there . |
| 27 | " He does n't like me very much , " I explained , and it was the first time I 'd ever realized that " It was a very sad thing not to be liked by your own father , and obviously it must be just as sad not to like your only daughter . |
| 28 | It was the first time I 'd ever thought of the baby as " he " . |
| 29 | ‘ Ely , ’ I said ( that was her name and the first time I 'd ever used it ) , ‘ I want to be free . ’ |
| 30 | And er that was the first time I 'd ever seen a continental headboard . |