Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pers pn] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | I remembered Sopworth saying how the cat had no sense of territory , how he 'd only just caught it the first time it escaped , racing north along the A2 . |
| 2 | … commanded his armie to halt , and himselfe went alone to the toppe where , having sighted the Mar del Sur , he knelt down and raising his hands to Heaven , pouring forth mighty praises to God for His great grace in having made him the first man to discover and sight it . |
| 3 | Please note that you do not have to open the rings to put these markers over , though you should after you 've done it the first time , erm , it should become easier with practice , let me put it that way , okay . |
| 4 | if I 'd have fed it the first time I 'd have understood it , but I 've only fed it today ! |
| 5 | I have asked no one else , I have given you the first opportunity of owning these things . ’ |
| 6 | It was only when they came out of the rearmost door and found a temporary hut facing them with Radio Room marked on the door , that they realised why they had n't found it the first time . |
| 7 | Should have realised it the first time , but that 's what happens when you make assumptions . |
| 8 | He had heard it the first time as a child , in his grandfather 's yurt on the Khirgiz , and going to Burun 's quarters had found him awake also . |
| 9 | She had n't rejected him the first time , though , just evaded a decision , wanting him to strengthen it somehow . |