Example sentences of "first [noun] [pers pn] [verb] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So we all got very excited because it was the first money we 'd spent for a long time . |
| 2 | In one of the first cases he had taken , in 1923 , it must have been , the year after he came back — Fantina was still a baby — a widow had accused her neighbour of killing her cow out of spite . |
| 3 | He said the first verb he 'd learned was ‘ to love ’ and the first noun ‘ a table ’ , bizarre beginnings to a vocabulary with no connection between the parts . |
| 4 | Still , I 'll say this for you : you 're the first Scotsman I 've met who 's prepared to put his hand in his pocket for a round of drinks . ’ |
| 5 | Naturally , you can upgrade the processor , but this is the first PC I 've seen that has a socket for Intel 's yet-to-be-released Pentium 586 processor . |
| 6 | Numerous questions have been asked in the House about the police national computer , but to my knowledge this is the first opportunity we have had in recent times to discuss wider issues . |
| 7 | ‘ This is the first opportunity I 've had to get away from Josh and the director . |
| 8 | So in the first case they 've given him , the first place they 've given him six six six five allowances but then they pull back the total of those three . |
| 9 | ‘ This is the first election we have had since the Berlin Wall came down , ’ says Andrea Borri , a Christian Democrat MP from Parma , addressing an incontro of hoteliers in the spa town of Salso Maggiore . |
| 10 | I think I see one problem with , we 've put site investigation and flagged the price I think , whereas if we 'd said that we require site investigation work to be undertaken by the project manager , we 've really got to decide the level of site investigations , so that in the first instance we 've got ta approach the soil mechanics and determine from them what , what we need from them . |
| 11 | this season we 'll be cheering louder than ever for our three teams … in the new first division we 've got Oxford United … they 've new owners and new heart after escaping relegation … we 've first division football at the County ground as well … where style and skill have always been swindon town 's hallmarks … this time around they 're hoping for strength too … in division three Hereford United have been rebuilding … they 're going continental with a player-coach instead of a manager … so for the best season ticket sit down for Central South … . |
| 12 | ‘ This is the first fella I have had in my family . |
| 13 | After parting from his jockey Macer Gifford at the very first fence he had continued with the rest of the field all the way round , clearing every obstacle and keeping with the herd . |
| 14 | Equally personal is Janet Smith 's The World Outside My Window , the first piece she has made since disbanding her company and the first in a long time that she has made to please herself . |
| 15 | At first interview they had said that they worried about Mrs White , especially when they could not get over to see her , and that it was a bit of a strain on them both because neither of them was ‘ in perfect health ’ . |
| 16 | Neil Warnock , County 's manager , conceded : ‘ The winning goal was the first break we have had since Christmas but it is highly unlikely to keep us up . |
| 17 | This is the first break I 've taken in over three years . ’ |
| 18 | As a first attempt we have tried to calculate this from the mean letter width for a particular writer , which can be obtained from the raw x-coordinate data for the script at training time . |
| 19 | SIR JACOB : " T would have been strange indeed if someone had not translated this fine flower from the dunghill to the garden , Madam , let me tell you you are the first lady I have seen who has exceeded expectation . |
| 20 | By sheer good luck , the first desk she had tried had informed her that yes , a Lori Templeton was booked on to one of their flights . |
| 21 | It was the first airedale I 'd seen for years , maybe the first since the two that shadowed my childhood . |
| 22 | This is the first test we have carried out on a garden blower vac . |
| 23 | The first discovery she had made on return was that she had forgotten to take the cheesecake out of the freezer . |
| 24 | Refurbishing and choosing the decor for their new home was an exciting project for them , as this is the first home they 've designed and decorated to suit their needs . |
| 25 | On his first excursion he 'd seen a Mercedes parked outside so he 'd turned back , returned to his hotel room further down The Street . |
| 26 | But it was the first place they 'd owned together , after years of managing hotels for other people . ’ |
| 27 | So in the first case they 've given him , the first place they 've given him six six six five allowances but then they pull back the total of those three . |
| 28 | In the first place you 've got three companies , A B and C C 's your manufacturer |
| 29 | It was the first place he had come to in his own right , with something to give . |
| 30 | He 'd looked round and it had seemed like just about the first place he 'd seen , and some part of him deep down had said : It 's got to be somewhere , why not here ? |