Example sentences of "[to-vb] the first thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | This in turn made the looking harder , but eased the pressure to accept the first thing that came along . |
| 2 | The term he had spent at school trying to understand the first thing about physics had been wasted . |
| 3 | She always wanted him to tell her where he came from because she said , as she had said to Creggan on his first night , that for an eagle to survive the first thing he must know is where he comes from , and he must not forget his memories however distant they may be . |
| 4 | This technique of free association , in which the patient is encouraged to say the first thing that comes to mind , reveals connotations of the dream image which might otherwise not have been obvious . |
| 5 | I resolved to take the first thing that came along and from that base to look further afield if need be . |