Example sentences of "first [noun] [pers pn] [vb base] [be] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 I 'm Andrew Panting , the Information Officer for the University , and for this first programme I 've been joined by Ted Nakhle and Lawrence Suss .
2 People moving in , this was in the medical practice , people moving in new er new er new first things you do is register with a doctor .
3 You see , the way the Copts work is that if they decide on something , like a campaign of trouble-making and agitation , the first thing they do is set up an organization .
4 The first thing they do is switch the bloody lights on .
5 But the first thing they do is put the video on , they know how to work it and everything
6 ‘ The traders asked us to regenerate the area and the first thing they do is criticise , ’ he said .
7 When you go into hospital the first thing they do is to stick a scalpel or a needle into the burns and if it hurts it 's not that bad .
8 Well it 's like all these got these of life in it , come out what 'll happen to her , the first thing they do is turn to God .
9 It 's called the N tuple method is because the first thing we do is to take that image and break it up into a set of tuples each of N in size .
10 So the first thing we do is to change hands , that 's good , push , wait change sides , straighten up the tiller , look where you 're going that 's fine .
11 So the first thing we do is to change hands , then push , wait until the boom comes across and change sides and straighten up .
12 The first thing you do is announce half way through a year that they 're gon na put back some , but not all , of the money they cut from the budget .
13 The first thing you do is announce half way through a year that they 're gon na put back some , but not all , of the money they cut from the budget .
14 And the first thing you do is demand that we have butter in the house .
15 When you catch something like this , the first thing you do is give in to it .
16 Well the first thing you do is start thinking of lots of possibilities you see .
17 The first thing you do is drop your bottom and push with your legs to make use of your weight .
18 Okay , so there you are you see , you 're , you 're a first aider and you come up to the person and you hold it the way you did last time and you think ah , now that 's the wrong way round of course , there 's my elbow point , there 's my injured elbow , so I have to be that way round , mm , so you turn it round the other way , right , your elbow shape goes to the injured elbow and your long line goes straight up and down the line of the body , you arrange it so that you only just covering the forearm there , with just enough above the hand to tie your reef knot that would be too little and that would be too much just enough above the hands to tie your reef knot , the first thing you do is to tuck nice , big bit of material right under the hand and anchor it into position , just keep that resting there and all the rest of this goes under the arm up between the shoulder blades there and you tie your first half of the reef knot just above the fingers in the hollow of the neck here , now that 's important because round the back here if you press on that bit of muscle there , there 's a big band of muscle , if you 've got a knot on that it gives a great deal of discomfort very quickly so you want to get the knots round in the hollow here that does n't hurt your casualty , there , draw it up half the knot , is that tight enough ?
19 So the first thing you do is turn off your gas .
20 oh yeah bu you see , er er , you 're not supposed to life anything for if one of my grandsons falls over , the first thing you do is pick him up you know !
21 ‘ When you fall off a horse , the first thing you do is climb back on .
22 The first thing I do is check the stocks , followed by date returns and er , you know , erm , get that done , out of the way , and start looking at the , of the night , and what have you , setting that up , and maybe the late night process , hand over from the branch manager , walk round doing any detail he wants me to do , and hand over from late nights .
23 Right , I , the first thing I do is go out and sweep it off the road then , I ca n't , I just ca n't remember
24 I get up in the morning , first thing I do is light a cigarette .
25 ‘ The first thing I do is break his arm , ’ he announced .
26 Comfort , to me , means warmth , and whenever I change homes the first thing I do is make it as warm as possible .
27 And the first thing I do is call you . ’
28 ‘ It 's the first time we 've been banned anywhere , ’ said Barry , adding that singer Michael Stipe had been involved in the production of the video and that the rest of the band had only seen it once .
29 This week it was the first time they 've been beaten by the Irish in the league .
30 For many women , it 's the first time they have been given a responsibility of this kind .
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