Sentence examples for years the first thing from inspiring English sources

"Looking back at the study of English in universities over the years the first thing that occurs to me is how very important the subject once seemed.

Kambiz Atabaki, tour guide in Shiraz for 10 years The first thing to understand about Iran is its size; it dwarfs most European countries, and there are historical sites and places to see in every corner.

But over the past couple of seasons, another question has surfaced toward the end of the season, and that's, "Why and how is Notre Dame as good as it is?" In previous years the first thing I would do is go down the list of players and what they have done well and how they have complemented one another, giving the players nearly all of the credit.

Despite not having seen her for years, the first thing I said after she ran out and hugged me was, "Whatever you're thinking of doing, don't".

If you come halfway through the year, or if you come a few years late, the first thing you will notice is how close the class is.

When she moved in 16 years ago the first thing she did was to create a pond.

And, he added, when he finally met Mr. Roach some years later, the first thing he said to him was, "You owe me $75".

When Dworkin got to college, years later, the first thing she did was to "sit down in the library with the Nuremberg trials and read them, volumes of them.

But when he moved to Buenos Aires a few years later the first thing he bought at the end of school was the full set of "In Search of Lost Time" in French, which he dedicated his holiday to rereading.

While some Windows-based computers still start up with a series of cryptic text messages, the smiling Macintosh icon has for 18 years been the first thing to greet Macintosh users as they start their computers.

I haven't read a comic strip in years, but the first thing I do when I get The Times on Sunday is to find "La Maggie La Loca,"by Jaime Hernandez.