Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where I used to live , when they evacuated me the first time . ’ |
| 2 | Oh , so you do n't so told you the first year ! |
| 3 | ‘ You still believe I rejected you the first time , do n't you ? ’ |
| 4 | She told him the first chance she had , when they had had tea and he was eating his lonely meal in the parlour . |
| 5 | ‘ I told him the first thing he has to do is establish who she is and where she comes from . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ That lady tamed him the first time he set eyes on her . |
| 7 | I hated it the first time . |
| 8 | ‘ I heard you the first time , boy . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I heard you the first time , ’ her mother said . |
| 10 | ‘ Yes , I heard you the first time . |
| 11 | Fortunately the judges agreed , and awarded it the first prize . |
| 12 | Faldo took his 1992 winnings to a world record £1.5m , while Norman 's only consolation was that the £190,234 runner's-up cheque made him the first player in history to breech the $10 million barrier in career earnings . |
| 13 | Eleven years later the World Federation of the Deaf at the seventh Congress in Washington awarded him an International Solidarity Merit Award , and Gallaudet College , taking advantage of his presence made him the first recipient of a medallion for " outstanding international service to the deaf " , which he received at a special convention attended by the Vice-President of the United States . |
| 14 | ‘ I 've known Francisco for years — I met him the first year I came here , when Monte Samana was brand new . ’ |
| 15 | And it was she who brought me the first evening paper . |
| 16 | He sent me the first Education sentimentale ; I was not greatly impressed , but how could I not praise it ? |
| 17 | to me that 's where they took her the first time , they did n't take her right on the the roads , you know , the first time she 'd |
| 18 | He had gained a sense of humour , or perhaps of irony , since Blanche questioned him the first time . |
| 19 | And I like Lovejoy , except I 've missed but they 're repeats , but I never saw it the first time . |
| 20 | 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 . ’ |
| 21 | I do n't think I ever have done Heathrow , oh wait a minute , did I the first year ? |
| 22 | Absolutely they 're reading it with you so they 're with you so you 're you 're holding their interest even though you 're not actually saying anything , yeah , and again you may you may have noticed well another thing is once you 've once you 're written put the pen down and the easiest thing in the world to have a but if you want to make a point and you probably noticed once I once I put the red lines around the red boxes round there and I gave you the first demonstration of the Aldershot method I stood here okay . |
| 23 | We liked it the first time , it was a bit like |
| 24 | Phrasal verbs come in for more attention with Phrasal Verbs Organiser from LTP ( by the man who gave us the First Certificate Organiser ) , while HarperCollins is publishing a Phrasal Verbs Workbook to accompany its dictionary . |
| 25 | I I th I thought I thought it was I S actually from the way you said it the first time , but that was just a guess . |
| 26 | I set her the first day to clean the floors starting at the top and expecting her to reach the bottom at the end of the day or at least the last floor , but Ellen she had not managed more than two rooms in eight hours and those not well done . |
| 27 | Jonathan always thinks that what he says is so fantastic that he 's got to say it twice in case you missed it the first time round . |
| 28 | Round and round , and back again , everything spins around , passing by if you missed it the first time . |