Example sentences of "first [vb past] to [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | I did I was n't even here when you had it like when you first came to this school . |
2 | He has worked for South African companies and first came to this country on a De Beers scholarship to Oxford . |
3 | When they first came to this country — like my mum , when she first came she said she could n't find a place to live because people did n't want black people on their premises . |
4 | And one of the things that is happening and mortified when I first came to this company was I could n't see a straight line through . |
5 | When I first came to this room , I did n't like it , then I thought , ‘ Well at least it 's mine . |
6 | 15 ( 1 ) No action shall be brought by any person to recover any land after the expiration of twelve years from the date on which the right of action accrued to him or , if it first accrued to some person through whom he claims , to that person . |