Example sentences of "first [pron] [vb past] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First I had my shower . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , first I assured your Signor Calder that his company was not about to lose Sabatini 's financial backing — ’ |
| 3 | At first I gave her oral sex while she was sitting in an armchair and then we had full sex with a condom . |
| 4 | First you made my colleague distressed " |
| 5 | From the first she took her meals with Anna . |
| 6 | At first she treated his request in a light-hearted way and broke into a fit of giggles . |
| 7 | First she dedicated her song that night to the man who was bleeding ( he was still in The Bar , the taxi had n't come yet ) , and then to the men who had brought their fists down on his face just two streets from her Bar . |
| 8 | The thought lit a mischievous little spark deep within , and at first she shook her head , telling herself it was a ridiculous idea . |
| 9 | That was their view when first we reduced our North Sea oil prices , and now they think it again . |
| 10 | Mr and Mrs Robinson , who own the house but have divided it into single bed-sits for Social Security tenants , told police that at first they thought their son had been a victim of cot death syndrome , but a post mortem examination revealed the murder and assault . |
| 11 | At first they spent their Saturdays and an occasional evening with a group of friends : shopping , at parties , going to the cinema or occasionally to a disco . |
| 12 | First they declared their grave concern at the happenings in South Ronaldsay , and condemned the method or lack of method , used to investigate the allegations . |
| 13 | First they satisfied their individual material needs for food and shelter . |
| 14 | It was a whole new experience , and at first it made my own feeling of being a fraud even more acute . |
| 15 | First he kissed her forehead , then her eyes , her mouth , her throat . |
| 16 | When God made the plants that are on this Earth , first He made their stalks and leaves . |
| 17 | At first he thought her body was a bag of rubbish but then saw her rucksack . |
| 18 | First he brought his son , John Mason , aged seventeen , into the business to help out in the crisis and together father and son paraded through the streets of Sheffield , Leeds , Derby and Bradford with a band , making speeches about their trips to the Great Exhibition . |