Example sentences of "i first [vb past] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The things we discussed when I first brought you to the palazzo . ’ |
| 2 | I had been horrified at his scarecrow appearance when I first saw him at the clinic , and when I met him by chance in Tala-Tala I felt so sorry for him that I asked him if he would like to come for dinner . |
| 3 | ‘ When I first saw him in the orphanage , he had a swollen head and a tiny little starved body with a pot belly . |
| 4 | " When I first saw you at the governor 's reception I thought you seemed … unhappy . " |
| 5 | ‘ How long is it since I first saw you in the surgery ? |
| 6 | ‘ When I first saw it in the distance , dominating the surrounding countryside , looking so magnificent , it reminded me of the Acropolis . ’ |
| 7 | I first met him during the early 1950s and I became editor of what I believe was the second journal in the now enormous Pergamon Press stable . |
| 8 | I remember when I first met you at the house of terror ; what you gave me , all that you gave me . |
| 9 | When I first got it in the I was a bit , well it do n't sound too hard , bit down hard , but then again they were in a rush , I said there 's your present and I gave it to them , and they unwrapped it and me mum says oh come on we 'll be late for the club , cos they were getting free drinks at the pub , oh she , she did n't even want to look at it , I said oh , and she looked at it |
| 10 | I first noticed it in the army when music was compulsory . ’ |