Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [verb] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean I knew the first day I drove in the dark was the first night we had the car and it was most odd experience |
| 2 | He also helped them become the first team since Lotus and BRM in 1963 to score points in every race of the year . |
| 3 | Well d' ya remember the first party we had ? |
| 4 | And remember that most insurance companies expect you to pay the first part of any claim — usually £25-£50 . |
| 5 | D' you remember the first time ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I want you to catch the first flight back from Brussels . |
| 7 | On the first note of the following eight-bar break I took the first step , missed the second and somersaulted down the rest , orchestrated by drum rolls and cymbal crashes as the rest of the band dissolved into discord . |
| 8 | Let him make the first move . |
| 9 | Owen Jelf says he won the first heat ; his brother the second . |
| 10 | Poet Software Corp reckons it has the first object database for NT ( CI No 2,176 ) , but Objectivity Inc is stomping at its heels with the Objectivity/DB Starter Kit for Windows NT , also claiming it to ‘ the first object-oriented database management system for Microsoft Corp 's Windows NT operating system ’ . |
| 11 | Poet reckons it has the first object database for NT , but Objectivity Inc is stomping at its heels with the Objectivity/DB Starter Kit for Windows NT , also claiming it to ‘ the first object-oriented database management system for Microsoft Corp 's Windows NT operating system ’ . |
| 12 | The Council wants to make out that you 've got to let them have the first option |
| 13 | And finally : ‘ Do n't merely talk , like some gasbags do , about shedding the last drop of your blood for your country — the difficulty with them , when the time comes , is getting them to shed the FIRST drop of their blood . ’ |
| 14 | I do n't er I know you have n't got another one , I remember you emptying the first bag . |
| 15 | When you feel you have the first mode together , move on to the second and so on . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's hard to believe we cut the first sod here only 15 months ago , ’ smiles John , who naturally did n't go into a project like this blind-folded . |
| 17 | With great reluctance , as he maintained , Ledeen carried the message from Israel 's prime minister , Shimon Peres , to McFarlane in the summer of 1985 , asking him to approve the first shipment of arms from Israel to Iran ; McFarlane replied ‘ Okay , just that one shipment and nothing else ’ , words that soon acquired a hollow , awful sound . |
| 18 | David Strang , whose South African-based Glaswegian parents were in Toronto to see him become the first Briton to win a world indoors 1,500m medal , also has a connection with the Boyle squad . |
| 19 | Both Johnson Matthey and the Ceramic Society supported Mike through this transition , allowing him to become the first president of the Canadian Ceramic Society to reside outside of Canada . |
| 20 | I thought we edged the first half and although they edged the second , we had the better chances . ’ |
| 21 | He led St Colman 's College to victory over old adversaries St Pat 's , Maghera in the MacRory Cup final with a marvellous individual performance that saw him become the first winner of the Iggy Jones Memorial Trophy . |
| 22 | After his death , members of the wine trade enabled her to become the first person outside the trade to study for and sit its examinations . |
| 23 | Indeed , I have heard it called the first step on the path to true benevolence . ’ |
| 24 | He admitted that it was not easy , and said that , in effect , what one did was to get them to read the first chapter of any book by Derrida . |
| 25 | What , what did you get for the fir , or what did you reckon the first set of claims you decided wanted to be accomplished . |
| 26 | They go up to Did you do the first part of it ? |
| 27 | ‘ When do you want the first payment ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Do you want the first team or the Reserves , ’ it adds . |
| 29 | Do you remember the first year when we went and everybody went and put notice in front ? |
| 30 | GUIL : ( Tensed up by this rambling ) Do you remember the first thing that happened today ? |