Example sentences of "first [noun] [pers pn] 'd [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So we all got very excited because it was the first money we 'd spent for a long time . |
| 2 | He said the first verb he 'd learned was ‘ to love ’ and the first noun ‘ a table ’ , bizarre beginnings to a vocabulary with no connection between the parts . |
| 3 | It was the first airedale I 'd seen for years , maybe the first since the two that shadowed my childhood . |
| 4 | On his first excursion he 'd seen a Mercedes parked outside so he 'd turned back , returned to his hotel room further down The Street . |
| 5 | But it was the first place they 'd owned together , after years of managing hotels for other people . ’ |
| 6 | He 'd looked round and it had seemed like just about the first place he 'd seen , and some part of him deep down had said : It 's got to be somewhere , why not here ? |
| 7 | By the end of that first evening I 'd discovered that , however much of a rebel your younger sister might be , you were made of tougher , truer steel . ’ |
| 8 | Something in her had responded to him from the first moment they 'd met . |
| 9 | But I think we should , it 's like today , where was I , Battersea area , I think and it 's the first shop I 'd seen that actually had Chinese model manikins in the window , I thought they were sw pretty unusual . |
| 10 | Mind you , I think she were a bit frugal with truth when she said that first lad she 'd gone with and she got pregnant . |
| 11 | Paul Richardson was the first person they 'd met on the island who was prepared to work as long and as hard as they did . |
| 12 | He was the first person I 'd met that day who did n't know what a dolmen was . |
| 13 | Tonight , since she 'd driven up to Mdina to join Roman 's party attending the Mnarja , was the first chance they 'd had to relax , explore any remaining vestiges of their relationship … |
| 14 | This was the first chance she 'd had to wear them ; last night things had been too fraught to think of dressing up , and now they were her only adornment . |
| 15 | The welcome from son and wife was the first warmth I 'd felt in seven days . |
| 16 | Her mind drifted back to the first day they 'd seen Crystal Springs . |
| 17 | In fact , you were the first woman I 'd made love to in quite a long time , and I have n't even been interested in anyone since you were offered this job here and accepted it . |
| 18 | And of course And anyway , we got there , it was alright , and erm I had to fill this tractor , where it was , of course they 're going to make fun of me again , first morning I 'd got to get the tractor ready , and you know them , five gallon five gallon , things can happen at the time , and I have been had been supposed to be to get the hole at the top of the can , and not spill it you see . |
| 19 | When I left school , which was in nineteen thirty , it was a bad time for employment , there was a lot of unemploy unemployed people and I tried and tried and eventually I was offered a job at the Bloxwich Lock and Stamping Company in Bell Lane Alexander works , it was er er Squires 's were , er it 's a family er er concern , and erm it was the first offer I 'd had for employment so I took it . |
| 20 | The first week she 'd signed on , her lover had packed her in and moved out . |
| 21 | Right now there were quite there were a few people who gave me their books There were a few people who who gave me their books but I mean Erm this was the first homework I 'd given you actually that er that I 'd you know given so I would like to see an improvement in this performance please . |
| 22 | ‘ We recorded it because it was the first song we 'd written , ’ says Mike , founder member of the band . |
| 23 | It was the first communication she 'd had with her since the day she left the convent ignominiously and in dire disgrace . |
| 24 | This was precisely her own conclusion , but Jamie was the first man she 'd met who agreed with her . |
| 25 | It was the first thing he 'd said , all afternoon . |
| 26 | It was the first thing he 'd said the whole twenty miles . |
| 27 | It was the first lesson she 'd learned at Holmsly Manor . |
| 28 | ‘ That was the first time we 'd met . ’ |
| 29 | It was the first time we 'd returned to any location and I thought it must be a good sign . |
| 30 | But when I phoned her ( at a ‘ safe ’ house ) for this article , it was the first time we 'd spoken directly since the filming . |