Example sentences of "first [noun] [pers pn] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She asked him what was the first sentence he had ever learned in English . |
| 2 | For a first Mass it had certainly been a tough baptism . |
| 3 | What they 're saying in effect is that they 're not going to entrust their latest toy to their closest ally because we 'd flog it to the first Russian we came across . ’ |
| 4 | Baby first teeth I do n't know . |
| 5 | Others can make a judgement that you should be spending less than that , and in fact the first budget we presented yesterday was at the level of three hundred and eleven point five million , which is further below the capped level . |
| 6 | We sat on its terrace overlooking the harbour , watching the sky blush rose-red and devouring plum oysters , crabs , and langoustines caught that same day — and the first snails I have ever had that did not taste like bits of black rubber boot fried in garlic and olive oil . |
| 7 | There is little doubt that to have become obese in the first instance we have simply eaten too much of the wrong sorts of foods . |
| 8 | In the first instance it sends out a happy message and in the second a threatening one — yet the sensation is the same . ’ |
| 9 | Chairman , thank , thank you very much indeed erm Chairman , I will in fact and er perhaps if I read that in the first instance I have n't circulated it erm if I read that the first instance it will set the of what I have to say . |
| 10 | Dawson originally trained in art and design at the London College of Furniture , ‘ because it was the first course I got on . ’ |
| 11 | Dawson originally trained in art and design at the London College of Furniture , ‘ because it was the first course I got on . ’ |
| 12 | The first card you turn over is the matching ace , so it seems that you have had the first strike of luck for you can clearly get the first pair . |
| 13 | At his first words they leap up and do a double-take . ) |
| 14 | In the first months he travelled up to London on Wednesday , sometimes by train but often one of his neighbours , Sir Philip Gibbs , would drive him . |
| 15 | The first tape we played back and it was him eating toast ! |
| 16 | No , no , like you , like you say is any one tape the first tape you fill in it |
| 17 | First mention I 've actually seen in months . |
| 18 | At the first stoplight she leaned over and kissed him . |
| 19 | In the first chapter I dealt briefly with some of the major ways in which the global system has been categorized . |
| 20 | ‘ It 's the first sandwich you 've ever made me that has n't got any paint on it . ’ |
| 21 | With the first stroke I have already reached the end , said Picasso . |
| 22 | She was the first pig I 'd ever met , and she set me thinking , and reading up on pigs . |
| 23 | While second homes consist merely of properties no longer wanted as first homes they cause relatively few problems ; but when they grow beyond this , political , social , economic and environmental problems arise . |
| 24 | Having been in the front rank at the first fence he dropped back , and as the field came past the stands for the first time , with most of the runners still surviving , he had few behind him . |
| 25 | On the first attempt we did n't get to the top . |
| 26 | Like most first sermons it puts in too many ideas at once . |
| 27 | In this first session she demonstrated how she nagged him and went on and on trying to get the response she wanted . |
| 28 | If it 's the joint ownership of the first type you described there |
| 29 | Kelly was excellent at right back , as was Dorigo on the left : once in the first half he stepped in from the left to tidy up the ball from charging Ippo players , strolled over to the right , and set up a counter attack down the flank , all with great ease ; he looks great . |
| 30 | In the first scene he showed how men and boys prepared for combat and self-defence . |