Example sentences of "[pers pn] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where I used to live , when they evacuated me the first time . ’ |
| 2 | This was evident to me the first time I attended a Karajan rehearsal , and even more so in the first of our long conversations . |
| 3 | An evening like most others in that house , but to me the first of a changed life . |
| 4 | I had felt at the instant the idea suggested itself to me the first glimmer of positive thought : suddenly I knew I was not going to sink . |
| 5 | ( my thanks to the somewhat bemused friend I just telephoned and asked to tell me the first ten objects that came into her mind — though I do wonder about her and what made her choose those particular objects ) . |
| 6 | Certainly I always tried to remember the shocking effect which the sight of so many old prisoners , some of them bearded , all of them strangely dressed , had had on me the first time I arrived in a main camp . |
| 7 | These were Kirsty 's opening words to me the first time I saw her . |
| 8 | In the end I got them to give me the first aid outfit and fixed myself up . |
| 9 | But I have never forgotten advice that my research adviser gave me the first time that I was pursuing a dead end : ‘ It is important to recognise when to quit . ’ |
| 10 | And it was she who brought me the first evening paper . |
| 11 | And then he described to me the first time he and Montaine had happened upon it . |
| 12 | ‘ Oliver Craddock wrote this down for me the first time I saw him and I 'd forgotten all about it , ’ he said . |
| 13 | He sent me the first Education sentimentale ; I was not greatly impressed , but how could I not praise it ? |
| 14 | ‘ And then set your thugs on me the first time my back 's turned . |
| 15 | It was in this book that he was able to show me the first reference to the Santa Maria . |
| 16 | ‘ I do n't usually let a bloke kiss me the first time , ’ she said . |
| 17 | She came to see me the first night I was home , and we sat on the verandah , rather tongue-tied after such a long time , saying stupid things like : " Did you have a good trip ? " |
| 18 | ‘ It had the same effect on me the first time I saw it at night . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ You may remember that I begged you to make love to me the first time , Penry Vaughan ! |
| 20 | Well once you 've got the first , give me the first one which did n't come out and then it 's easy . |
| 21 | It did to me the first time we stayed . |
| 22 | He intimidates me the first time I ever talked to him was in the pub |
| 23 | This will make them the first and fifth most visited attractions in the world , with the other three being existing Disney sites . |
| 24 | Alejandro caught me stealing out to water them the first night . |
| 25 | This makes them the first chain of salons in the U.K. specialising in both Afro and European hairdressing . |
| 26 | He demonstrates his belief to the union that problems can be overcome , and if he fails to convince them the first time he 'll try again and again . |
| 27 | It is a safe bet to assume this competition will present no problems for them leaving them the first pipe band in history to collect every available award and go undefeated for the duration of the season . |
| 28 | Anglesey meanwhile , have two debutantes in their line-up one of them the first RAF Valley player to be selected for a decade . |
| 29 | But what shall I be called am I the first |
| 30 | We worked together to form the committee for the release of Soviet Jewry , of which he was the first secretary and I the first chairman . |