Example sentences of "i [verb] [pron] [prep] the first " in BNC.

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1 The weather was damp and chilly but the sleeping bag felt mighty good and I made it through the first night , sleeping like a log .
2 She said : ‘ I met her for the first time this week . ’
3 I met him for the first time ever when he took over the leadership of the party from the recently deceased Hugh Gaitskell in February 1963 .
4 One of these papers was a recent statement by the county education committee that no change in the status of the grammar school was contemplated : on that basis , I was able to reassure my anxious colleagues , when I met them on the first day of term , that abrupt change was not imminent .
5 My sister had a baby about three months ago , and I met it for the first time when I went home . ’
6 That was when I met you for the first time , last week , at the consciousness-raising group that we started at the women 's centre a few weeks ago .
7 Yeah but it 's not cos I , well I want it before the first of December .
8 WHEN I BEGAN to write about Thrush Green in 1958 , I described it in the first few pages of the book I called Thrush Green , and a little later as seen by Ruth Bassett from the bedroom window of her late grandfather 's beautiful house overlooking the green .
9 Or , when the , no , when I see , I meet someone for the first time .
10 I defended myself for the first time : I pushed him away .
11 I remember the excitement and relief I felt when I read it for the first time as a very young nun .
12 ( Have I got it in the first place ?
13 I experienced the joy and excitement of the subject as I discovered something for the first time .
14 I heard it for the first time on Saturday morning . ’
15 I flew it for the first time to Dupage Airport to replace the ninety-channel radio with a 720-channel unit , then on to Janesville , Wisconsin , for paint work and a new headliner .
16 It required absolutely no breaking in and I wore it for the first time on a nine hour Scottish hill day during the May heatwave in complete comfort .
17 That is where I spilled vodka on it the day I wore it for the first time . ’
18 To expect a genius — yes , my daughter is a genius , I knew it from the first — to endure the humdrum ways of marriage , bear children , become a housewife — it does not bear thinking of !
19 When I saw him for the first time , I fell in love with him at once .
20 Well they , I had to go to Road police station , London , it was quite good , the detective took , took me around that little area and er then when I got ready to collect to take him to Liverpool Street Station , I saw him for the first time , man about sixty one and he 'd got two suitcases , one lighter than the other , and while I was signing for him and his property I said to him , you take that light one and I 'll take the bigger one with the view to getting on the bus to get to Liverpool Street st but the inspector there was very good , he said I 'm not going to oh and I said to you take the light case I 'll take the high one , he said I ca n't carry anything , I got a rupture .
21 The following is a typical example of the character of the RAF as I saw it for the first time about a couple of months after I got to Baghdad .
22 ‘ When I saw you for the first time , I thought for a moment you were Sybil — come back to plague me . ’
23 I took him to the first Giants game when he was three .
24 I did it in the first year , I 'm in the fifth year now , that was four years ago .
25 I earned it in the first place , so strictly speaking it 's still mine ; but you learn not to say some things in marriage .
26 Gradually these dreams came less often until they stopped altogether , although I still do n't know why I had them in the first place .
27 I was so relieved it was all over and my baby was alright and I held him for the first time .
28 I closed it after the first year .
29 This degree is an exciting new venture , and I see myself as the first of many lay people who will benefit from the training here ’ .
30 I wanted him in the first place , ’ said Graham , ‘ but the management had already cast Cy Grant .
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