Example sentences of "first [noun] i 've [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Still , I 'll say this for you : you 're the first Scotsman I 've met who 's prepared to put his hand in his pocket for a round of drinks . ’ |
| 2 | Naturally , you can upgrade the processor , but this is the first PC I 've seen that has a socket for Intel 's yet-to-be-released Pentium 586 processor . |
| 3 | ‘ This is the first opportunity I 've had to get away from Josh and the director . |
| 4 | This is the first break I 've taken in over three years . ’ |
| 5 | I think it 's the first birdie I 've made there for about nine years , ’ he said . |
| 6 | Blimey that 's the first picture I 've had there is n't it ? |
| 7 | You 're the first person I 've said that to who said come back to me and said yes . |
| 8 | You are the first person I 've told , apart from the self-help organisation , but you wo n't be the last . |
| 9 | ‘ In fact … ’ she swallowed , realisation dawning on her as she met Guy 's intent appraisal ‘ … you 're the first person I 've told … ’ |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | However , erm this is the first chance I 've had to speak today so I ca n't take all the blame of the er , of the , of the late start , erm I do n't know whether it would make it any easier to the my colleagues on my right or my left erm to accept the Liberal resolution . |
| 12 | but make me laugh even now , she said the first , the first memories I 've got of new little boy that starting in he looked at this little boy , she said , so , so excited by said with this pure white hair and the |
| 13 | ‘ I have to confess , you 're not the first woman I 've made love to . ’ |
| 14 | I , I have n't been on but you 're the first people I 've told this to , I have been out with somebody who has been on |
| 15 | My first exam I 've got is June the fourth . |
| 16 | Jimmy Connors after being knocked out of Wimbledon in the first round I 'VE spent time with her and she is everything that a man could want . |
| 17 | It 's the first vacation I 've had in seven years . |
| 18 | ‘ I saw the Angel Gabriel , and as God 's my witness ‘ t is the first sight I 've seen these twenty-five years ! |
| 19 | ‘ It 'll not be the first man I 've seen after he 's tried to fill up a car with a lighted cigarette in his mouth — nor the last . |
| 20 | I think that 's the first cup I 've had this morning . |
| 21 | Right , since I 've taken over my territory the first thing I 've seen , I 've got to educate my customers as in paperwork . |
| 22 | he had a biscuit with a cup of tea and he said that 's the first thing I 've had to eat |
| 23 | first thing I 've had for a long time is er that . |
| 24 | But the first thing I 've got to say to you here and now is you 're no more capable of keeping a wife than of keeping a — ’ she seemed to search for the word , then brought out , ‘ rabbit . |
| 25 | Yeah , that 's the first pair I 've had all morning . |
| 26 | Erm , having said that , I think lecturers tend to accumulate these things over time and this is the first year I 've run this course so I do n't have a great stock of things I can I can show you . |
| 27 | This is the first year I 've put Lynda into the Giants , but her recent exposure has been terrific and I 'm sure will do wonders for this twins tale spotted with sex and violence with Auschwitz roots . |
| 28 | I 've been here for years and this is the first conversation I 've had with a human for simply ages . |
| 29 | That break in Sicily with my friends , and sailing down here on the Kestrel , was the first holiday I 've taken in ages … ’ |
| 30 | 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 . ’ |