Example sentences of "in [pos pn] first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First you clap your hands I learned this song in my first year as a Butlin 's redcoat and slightly changed the words . |
| 2 | In my first year in a London art school my two major preoccupations were whether you really could see William Turner 's late canvases as a precursor to French Impressionism , and how the hell I could afford to clothe myself in the right gear to make a stunning impact on my new friends at the Gateways . |
| 3 | I will , however , choose at least four books in my first year 's membership . |
| 4 | I told him I was in my first year and that my curriculum to date had been based around mastering the basics of Swahili , its grammar , basic vocabulary and syntax . |
| 5 | At that time I was turning it out with some facility , and I had had two poems published in The Isis in my first year . |
| 6 | Naturally , Eliot was pleased about my enthusiasm for Collingwood , for whom he had considerable regard ; but although he told me he liked the Essay on Philosophical Method , which had appeared in 1933 and concerning which I had attended Collingwood 's lecture-course in my first year , I could see that he was more interested in such works as A. E. Taylor 's Faith of a Moralist , or more directly theological works , such as those of Jacques Maritain . |
| 7 | In my first year as Beattie I made eighteen commercials . |
| 8 | I should add here that even as a junior at Halton I was in the senior cross-country team — which only people in their very last year were normally eligible to join and at this stage I was in my first year of three , I was allowed to go out on any occasion , in running gear , to train as I was a bona fide member of the team and so on one of these occasions when I was out training — I always wore a sort of towel around my neck which looked very professional at the time and quite unnecessary — I managed to conceal the altimeter , which had become very very hot property by this time because it was known that several instruments were missing and we could have a visit from the gendarme . |
| 9 | I was in my first year at Bedford . |
| 10 | In my first year as chairman I am delighted to report that we have again achieved outstanding results , and we have increased the gap between ourselves and our nearest competitors . |
| 11 | So , let's think about our objectives , first of all an objective , I might have come to Abbey Life to make money , last year , I might have been working in a factory , earning fifteen , twelve , fifteen thousand a year , and I might make my objective in my first year with Abbey Life to earn sixty thousand pounds . |
| 12 | I might have earned twelve thousand pounds last year , I 'd like to earn fourteen , say fifteen thousand in my first year with Abbey Life . |
| 13 | Ivan Klima could be called a lyric author , and the notion of what it is to be such an author is examined in My First Loves , whose gentle and deliberate stories read as if they have been grown and stored before being made public . |
| 14 | About five weeks before that I had come home in my first university term , and got undressed for my bath in front of the bathroom mirror . |
| 15 | ‘ I have n't since the way Lou Gent fought against me in my first title defence . ’ |
| 16 | On the hustings in my first election campaign in February 1974 , the casualty list among officers of my association consisted of one broken nose , two black eyes and the lady chairman drenched by a bucket of water , which the candidate had ducked . |
| 17 | A girl in my first company . |
| 18 | The fun starts when you control a team and call all necessary plays , which in my first try resulted in my team performing worse than an infants rounders team against the superbowl winners . |
| 19 | Early in my first tour I argued with my colleagues that I doubted it would be possible to ditch a Wimpy or a Whitley on water , particularly if there was a heavy swell . |
| 20 | I mentioned in in my first contribution this morning a a concern about that those considerations that environmental considerations , even if they have been fully considered er are not there 's not an explanation provided anywhere in in the structure plan supporting material as to how that 's actually been achieved . |
| 21 | My time was slow ( 10.14 ) , but on the other hand I had run fourth in my first World Championship . |
| 22 | ‘ I first heard about the race while I was in my first term at Exeter University , ’ she told ACCOUNTANCY . |
| 23 | I had been successful as a boxer at Eton and in my first term at Oxford I was selected to box against the Army . |
| 24 | Every teacher probably derives more from the first teacher with whom he works than any other and I have no doubt in my mind that Basil was by far the most influential person in my first years as a teacher . |
| 25 | In my first week at work there occurred an extremely gory accident at the College crossing , a point where the main line of the railway crosses the motor road to Regina just east of the city . |
| 26 | I was showing this off in my first week — wishing I could walk on my hands too , like my father — when I broke the bed 's cast-iron frame . |
| 27 | In this study a 13 year old , when asked about being teased in his comprehensive school , replied , ‘ I should think that in my first week or so there was a fair bit . |
| 28 | I remembered the face at the window in my first week on the island . |
| 29 | In my first week , I lost nearly a stone but since then I 've only lost a couple of pounds a week . |
| 30 | In my first job I was required to wear a suit . |