Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] [pos pn] first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wilson 's autobiography contains a vivid account of his experiences and his successes in this heartland of the union , which includes his first meeting with Walter Runciman , a shipowner in a small way in South Shields , whose name and that of his son , will appear again in this history . |
| 2 | And he used the Chancellor 's traditional speech to the City of London to deliver his ultimatum to the Cabinet , which takes its first look at next year 's public spending tomorrow . |
| 3 | It is the first sign from the new Chancellor that he is ready to reverse the Tories ' commitment to lower taxes unless the Government And he used the Chancellor 's traditional speech to the City of London to deliver his ultimatum to the Cabinet , which takes its first look at next year 's public spending tomorrow . |
| 4 | From this high point of religiosity we descend to an ironic concluding sentence , recalling another leitmotiv which makes its first appearance in passage [ 3 ] : [ 6 ] " Dear me , dear me ! |
| 5 | The 24-year-old German put out former French champion Michael Chang at the French Open and will be an awkward test for the American , who plays his first match in Halle today after eight weeks out with a wrist injury . |
| 6 | The 24-year-old German put out former French champion Michael Chang at the French Open last month and will be an awkward test for the American who plays his first match in Halle today after eight weeks out of action with a wrist injury . |
| 7 | ‘ She 's only saving her money , ’ I sprang to Ellen 's defence , ‘ so she has something to live on while she writes her first novel . ’ |
| 8 | However , I take a chance that all is well with Jabrut ( 2.15 ) , who has his first outing since landing a gamble in novice company here last November . |
| 9 | However , I take a chance that all is well with Jabrut ( 2.15 ) , who has his first outing since landing a gamble in novice company here last November . |
| 10 | Ian Leigh Glover making slow recoveries but at least there 's good news in the return of centre half Colin Cooper who starts his first game for two months and two recently injured strikers are back in tandem , ironically the biggest partnership in the Division . |
| 11 | She says her first question when the baby is born will be : ‘ Is everything okay ? |
| 12 | Liz will provide the voice-over for baby Little Maggie when she says her first word — ‘ Daddy ! ’ |
| 13 | She says my first reaction is one of horror , then sympathy for the individual concerned but not surprise . |
| 14 | Where family planning is not widely practised , as in the overwhelming majority of developing countries , the age at which a woman first marries or enters a conjugal union determines in large measure the age at which she bears her first child . |
| 15 | Except where marriage occurs at a very young age , the earlier a woman marries , the younger she is when she bears her first child , and the more children she has when she reaches the end of her reproductive years , other things being equal . |
| 16 | I shall take Zoe back to Lourdes as soon as she takes her first step as I know she will . |
| 17 | Now eleven years on , she is still teased and when to her dismay she gets her first period , the girls start chanting and throwing tampons at her . |
| 18 | But she admits her first experience of birth has n't put her off — she 's just glad they live so close to the hospital otherwise she 'd probably have given birth in the car ! |
| 19 | Perhaps Monica Seles wakened them with her grunting : did you know she fakes her first service ? = = At eight on the Saturday morning , I piled two disco-bleared daughters , a pick shovel and lump hammer into the car and drove through the drizzle to Lou 's home base of Barkway — a village which ca n't help being close to Royston , the place where caffs shut in the lunch hour . |
| 20 | Luke Taylor Eoghan Burns , who celebrates his first birthday on Saturday , is a precious baby — and to more people than his mother . |
| 21 | Bob Cools , the town 's socialist mayor ( who spells his first name the ordinary way ) , complained about a show of Antwerp as seen by foreign photographers ; he said locals could have done the job better . |
| 22 | When leaving the hospital , parents are loaned a rear-facing car seat for the baby , which the midwife collects when she makes her first home visit . |
| 23 | She demonstrates her first admission of remorse and indicates she feels too guilty to enjoy her new position as queen . |
| 24 | Trainer in form , Josh Gifford , introduces a potentially high class recruit to the chasing ranks in French Goblin ( 1.0 ) , who makes his first appearance over fences in the Cokethorpe Novice Chase . |
| 25 | The pressure on the Richmond fly-half , Martin Livesey , who makes his first appearance for the South-West , will also be significant . |
| 26 | STARTLED is the unsuspecting visitor when he meets his first restaurant bill in one of the chic capitals of French-speaking Africa . |
| 27 | When he scores his first coulpe of goals I reckon hell take off . |
| 28 | Captain David Lloyd-Owen 's LRDG patrol also turned up at the rendezvous and he recalls his first meeting with him . |
| 29 | I 'll be talking to arch modernizer Harriet Harman , and John Cole takes a sideways look at the Chancellor 's dilemma as he prepares his first budget . |
| 30 | He 's off sick today , from today , how long will it be before he gets his first cheque from us . |