Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] the first [noun sg] " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | No erm well I , I mean the first day er in the , the mor |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 ! |
| 8 | I mean the first time at a lower level something appeared , I shaded half a square |
| 9 | Yeah it is , I mean the first time I bought it |
| 10 | 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 |
| 11 | But I mean the first step is always the hardest . |
| 12 | ‘ I got the first ferry I could after I heard … |
| 13 | … 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 . |
| 14 | 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 ! |
| 15 | I got the first shot in : one good punch . |
| 16 | However , I had hardly got started before I got the first complaint . |
| 17 | Once I found the first publisher , it just snowballed . ’ |
| 18 | It was one reason why I caught the first flight home . |
| 19 | When I say the first floor , I 'm talking about the ground floor and the first floor , you know ? |
| 20 | What I 'd like to say is I think erm certainly in Scotland and in Strathclyde area that four years ago , erm the first women in transport survey was actually carried out , erm and it was carried out elsewhere in Britain and er this was as I say the first study that had been done and the results were very surprising . |
| 21 | times , I forget the first time I had her . |
| 22 | In March 1951 , I reported the first immunization of children with live attenuated polio type II virus at a meeting of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis in Hershey , Pennsylvania . |
| 23 | Under that system I used the first term almost entirely as a preparation for the teaching practice itself . |
| 24 | Clamping one of these rulers to the board and keeping both rulers together , I cut the first groove , and then widen the groove by putting a shim between the rulers . |
| 25 | The director said ‘ Action ’ , the sound recordist said ‘ Running ’ , the assistant cameraman said ‘ One forty-five take one ’ , and I put the first question — how did he think the war would have gone if he 'd started it with the 300 U-boats he 'd asked for in 1938 ? |
| 26 | I put er er if I put the first letter of it , er er it 's S that 'll search it and it 'll say Sarah work |
| 27 | ‘ The way I played the first set was not me , not my usual game . |
| 28 | I imagine the first reprint would have been erm |
| 29 | ‘ I scored the first time after eight minutes . |
| 30 | I await the first sighting of this crucial volume with the awed anticipation of a Crusader waiting for the Holy Grail to arrive through the post . |