Example sentences of "the first thing [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm but I 'm hoping they 'll put them on a , on the table when we sell them in here and there 's that 's the first thing that 'll hit them is the turned legs you see ? |
| 2 | I think that the first thing that one would have to say is that we work for the Ministry of Defence , and not the Ministry of War and therefore we are about defence , we 're about the maintenance of peace , erm this you know maintaining of justice etc etc . |
| 3 | It seemed a very strange perception , since everybody knows that the first thing such people did following privatisation was to double , and even treble , the already generous salaries of themselves and their colleagues . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The first thing any retailer needs to do is let people know he is there ! |
| 6 | The producer or service provider does too , and the first thing any prudent producer does is look to the quality of his raw material . |
| 7 | The first thing most people do when they diet is to cut out many of the foods they like . |
| 8 | In fact , the first thing most such hypothetical new European states would do is , almost certainly , apply for admission to the European Community , which would once again limit their sovereign rights , though in a different manner from their previous situation . |