Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [be] the first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Campaigners say it 's the first step towards closure , but BR says it 's actually planning to spend more money on the line , not less . |
| 2 | Customs officers say it 's the first time European green law has been used in Britain this way . |
| 3 | Customs men say it 's the first time they 've used Cites to seize timber |
| 4 | Soviet strikes point to crisis of morale that threatens future of perestroika Broadcasts of parliament get more viewers than Agatha Christie films It is the first November 7 since the revolution that coal miners have been on strike . |
| 5 | I believed I was the first anthropologist in France to understand what this means . |
| 6 | I mean listen I 'm the first person to talk in in support of body piercing I look I have parts of my body pierced I like it but I do n't think standing around the street corners sort of revealing it is a nice thing to do . |
| 7 | It says it 's the first product to fully support the Intel Express motherboard architectures with DEC 's high-performance graphics , SCSI and networking chipsets and adapters . |
| 8 | Citizen , which developed it , says it is the first watch to have a built-in radio that tunes to time broadcasts linked to highly accurate atomic clocks . |
| 9 | It is also said to be the largest UK supplier of Unix and open systems training , and ICL says it is the first company to receive accreditation from Unix International Inc for its portfolio of Unix courses . |
| 10 | Internal trimming allows a claim of better than +-0.25% multiplication error with no external trim and AD says it is the first type to offer fully differential , high input-impedance working on all inputs , including the Z input . |
| 11 | Candle says it has successfully tested key DCE components within its Distributed Computing Server component in an MVS-OS/2 client-server environment and says it is the first implementation of DCE on an MVS system . |
| 12 | ‘ Oh , come on , you do n't really think you 're the first man who 's issued me this kind of invitation ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Anyhow , since the earliest Mr Gajdusek will see me is the first week in April , it could n't have worked out better . ’ |
| 14 | Providing something that is high on most corporate users ' wish lists , Hewlett-Packard Co has come up with an SQL-based interface that can read and update data in a non-relational network database , and reckons it is the first vendor to do so . |
| 15 | Sun will claim it 's the first machine capable of running an entire database out of main memory . |
| 16 | Many critics suspect it is the first stage in the construction of the repository itself , a highly controversial project . |
| 17 | But you have come , I am told , became we are the first place on earth to get the dawn . |
| 18 | I mean we were the first show to put Demis Roussos on . |
| 19 | you know you 're the first priority and I |
| 20 | Actuality of warden describing the snake followed by interview where she sez it 's the first time she'stouched a grass snake and slow worms . |
| 21 | I guess I was the first person to develop the idea of the modular system : ie. everything from the preamp to the power amp was modular . |
| 22 | I suppose we were the first people in the 1960s to target our market and bring to people things that were well designed at an affordable price . |
| 23 | , Al Mutlaq 's divisional manager , saw immediate benefits : ‘ We believe we are the first company in the region to get this equipment . |
| 24 | I mean I suppose it is the first time , it 's the only film of its type , you , you know what I 'm getting at , it 's exactly the same thing we , we tried very hard to avoid in the access guide , actually being able to say what instead of just saying you know |
| 25 | I believe he was the first westerner to make contact with the Dalai Lama , who became a great friend . |
| 26 | NatWest believe it is the first bank in the world to offer this kind of computerised advisory service to business customers . |
| 27 | I guess it was the first time really in my life I 'd been totally left on my own . |
| 28 | Heaven itself opened up for me when we made love and I knew I was the first man in your life . |
| 29 | It was the first time we 'd had proper monitors on stage — which meant it was the first time John heard his own voice . |
| 30 | I , I bet , I bet i I bet it 's the first time in your life you felt shi , yes come on ! |