Example sentences of "[num ord] thing this " in BNC.
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| 1 | First thing this morning , Martha put a fifty-pound note into the pocket of an apron you subsequently wore , thinking it to be yours . ’ |
| 2 | I 've only known you since first thing this morning and I have n't had time to take everything in . |
| 3 | After visiting the bathroom first thing this morning , find your tape measure and make a note of your latest inch loss progress . |
| 4 | I tried at regular intervals throughout the night and first thing this morning . |
| 5 | In fact , now I come to think of it , I 'll bet it was she who put that stink-bomb under my desk here first thing this morning . |
| 6 | First thing this morning we were lying in bed and I asked Polly whether she was real , but all she said was ‘ What the f— are you doing in my bed ? ’ so the jury 's still out on that one . |
| 7 | Me and all my friends ended up in this cult and the first thing this guy said we had to do was turn all of our friendships against each other so that we could n't trust anybody . |
| 8 | ‘ First thing this morning , more or less . ’ |
| 9 | I 'm gon na start by going back to that graph we looked at first thing this morning which is trying to explain what had been happening to the pattern of tourism , both visitors to this country and visitors moving away from this country in the period nineteen seventy eight to nineteen eighty two . |
| 10 | ‘ I think Stephen wanted James to see the site first thing this morning before you took us down to the house , ’ Elaine said , and helped herself to a warm bun which she tore open , spreading it thickly with butter and lime jelly . |
| 11 | And as we brought out first thing this morning , communication within the group , that is across the functions , and also in some cases within the functions , is poor . |
| 12 | The police photographers were down here first thing this morning . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ The Prince phoned Garvin first thing this morning . ’ |
| 14 | Right , I 've spoken to both of them first thing this morning about their trainers . |
| 15 | one thing 's for sure the appointment of John Gorman is a popular one on the terraces … he 's given the fans what they crave for … and that 's loyalty … from first thing this morning supporters were rolling up at the County Ground to have their say |
| 16 | First thing this morning campaigners set off for London , and Downing Street . |
| 17 | they always come just just as I 'm getting on and getting well luckily enough I got me me lounge done first thing this morning . |
| 18 | first thing this morning , but then , I was |
| 19 | The last thing this scene needed was a non-participating spectator and I am indeed grateful for that privilege . |
| 20 | Blessings from you are the last thing this pious little tsatskeleh needs . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ The last thing this region needs is yet another layer of local government . |