Example sentences of "[vb base] [pers pn] [is] the first " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Campaigners say it 's the first step towards closure , but BR says it 's actually planning to spend more money on the line , not less . |
| 2 | Customs officers say it 's the first time European green law has been used in Britain this way . |
| 3 | Customs men say it 's the first time they 've used Cites to seize timber |
| 4 | Many critics suspect it is the first stage in the construction of the repository itself , a highly controversial project . |
| 5 | ‘ You 'll all have to do the same as me and put down the date and see , but if yer want ter know it 's the first of May . ’ |
| 6 | Er yeah it is Stefan but because you know it 's the first one to come into leaf and the first one to shed , then possibly it will flower at a different time as well I would think and that may be the clue . |
| 7 | Actuality of warden describing the snake followed by interview where she sez it 's the first time she'stouched a grass snake and slow worms . |
| 8 | I mean I suppose it is the first time , it 's the only film of its type , you , you know what I 'm getting at , it 's exactly the same thing we , we tried very hard to avoid in the access guide , actually being able to say what instead of just saying you know |
| 9 | NatWest believe it is the first bank in the world to offer this kind of computerised advisory service to business customers . |
| 10 | Police in Northumbria believe it is the first such attack on a house . |
| 11 | I , I bet , I bet i I bet it 's the first time in your life you felt shi , yes come on ! |
| 12 | Er of course it 's , it 's , it 's I think it 's more longwinded than er I mean it 's the first time you 've fully got into it , and it 's more longwinded than the fifteen minutes allows you erm but I , I thought you were doing quite well to be honest . |
| 13 | Well I mean it 's the first position ever of such sort . |
| 14 | I think it 's the first birdie I 've made there for about nine years , ’ he said . |
| 15 | I think it 's the first time she 'd actually seen Oliver look clean . |
| 16 | Think it 's the first one or second one . |
| 17 | This year I think it 's the first week in July we have set aside for this purpose . |
| 18 | I think it is the first time he actually worked hard . |
| 19 | Just Do It is the first long climb to reach the ranks of the modern desperate . |