Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | She never knew which one of them made the first move , but suddenly , unaccountably , she was in his arms , his hands pressing against her back to draw her closer still . |
| 2 | In 1951 , when I was nineteen , I became the first home-grown sex symbol in austerity Britain . |
| 3 | Later , because of my own initiative in originating the idea , I became the first Radio Editor in Canada , which meant writing a daily column about radio programmes , stars , and networks . |
| 4 | As I now personally from one of my previous lives in nineteen eighty-two , when I became the first Director of the newly independent National Federation of Community Organisations . |
| 5 | I walked in through the door and , feeling a bit lost , I asked the first person I saw if he knew whether the Social Secretary was around . |
| 6 | I mean the first time at a lower level something appeared , I shaded half a square |
| 7 | I mean the first couple of days , we spent a lot of time just trying to cool people down and and stop them panicking and er and stop them going over the top . |
| 8 | I mean the first two the first two or three nights after and that 's like the sleeping death because it 's it 'd been so long since I had a complete nights sleep . |
| 9 | To minimize confusion , I shall use consumerism where I mean the first , and the consumer movement to denote the second . |
| 10 | I mean some people adopt the approach of trying to d do it all in about two hours just before the deadline so they do n't have time to feel self critical erm I think perhaps if you can , you know , rather than , rather than trying to do it all at once I mean the business of , of going through successive drafts of things and gradually getting them better and better , I mean the first drafts of things that I write are , are usually just scribbles on the back of a piece of paper that 's , with something else on the front |
| 11 | It was just really terrible I mean the first I was just scared stiff that I never could n't enjoy the dance on Sanday I was that scared of the thought coming back . |
| 12 | Yeah it is , I mean the first time I bought it |
| 13 | On one of these trips to London when I was at school , good when we went with the Brownies , I went two or three times and er , one time when I was a bit older , I mean the first time I went as I say I was only about seven , but , when I was a bit older I went again , they said if |
| 14 | No erm well I , I mean the first day er in the , the mor |
| 15 | No , I mean the first |
| 16 | Yeah but like think about it , first , I mean the first couple of tapes of people like saying oh yeah , so then we had sex , and then we gave him a blow job ! |
| 17 | But I mean the first step is always the hardest . |
| 18 | I checked the first one on my chart — a none-too-generous position near the back and on the left . |
| 19 | I got the first shot in : one good punch . |
| 20 | I remember being thrilled when I got the first whicker of recognition from my horse and most people feel happier and more confident riding a horse they know — even if it is n't well behaved ! |
| 21 | … half the year had gone , the clear smoke-free distances of early summer a thing of the past , and midsummer day over , before I got the first clue . |
| 22 | However , I had hardly got started before I got the first complaint . |
| 23 | ‘ I got the first ferry I could after I heard … |
| 24 | I got the first one except for this one . |
| 25 | Once I found the first publisher , it just snowballed . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ No diet is easy and I found the first few days hard , but by the end of the first week my skin became clearer , my nails grew stronger and my hair was healthy and shining . |
| 27 | ‘ I found the first steps of the next pitch were very difficult , and the rock rather pushed one out . |
| 28 | In theory , her looks depended on the services of many employees , my hairdresser , my last hairdresser , my doctor , my other doctor who I went to when I found the first one was n't doing me any good , but with or without their attentions , Laura would always be beautiful . |
| 29 | It was one reason why I caught the first flight home . |
| 30 | Ludo catches it on his club , as I caught the first one . |