Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pers pn] [be] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm not saying we were the first , bloody hell , it sounded dated when we did it . |
| 2 | I do not suppose I am the first naive monolinguist who thought he could pick up the language on the street , somehow acquiring it passively just by basking in the babble of the market , like getting a tan . |
| 3 | Just Do It is the first long climb to reach the ranks of the modern desperate . |
| 4 | And whichever sort they happen to be , they always think they 're the first of their kind . |
| 5 | Slater also says it 's the first and only time he 's ever seen clock ratings take such baby steps — 33 to 40 to 45 to 50 . |
| 6 | ‘ Oh , come on , you do n't really think you 're the first man who 's issued me this kind of invitation ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Oh no , darling , you did n't think you were the first clever little bitch to have the idea ? |
| 8 | Yeah well they do n't think it was they do n't think it was the first one , no . |
| 9 | I love to go out dancing but you wo n't catch me being the first on the dance floor ! |
| 10 | Nex anyway it 's quite near Portsmouth and we heard that the first Queen Elizabeth ship , they do n't say it 's the first but they call this one the Q E Two but there was a Q E One , you see at one time and so we took a coach from there to Southampton because we heard that she was in dock there and so we went and there were crowds of people and all in a queue waiting to go in . |
| 11 | ‘ You 'll all have to do the same as me and put down the date and see , but if yer want ter know it 's the first of May . ’ |