Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 She came to see me the first night I was home , and we sat on the verandah , rather tongue-tied after such a long time , saying stupid things like : " Did you have a good trip ? "
2 What kind of people d' you think I the first year psychology students they 've been given some sexual orientation ?
3 Where I used to live , when they evacuated me the first time . ’
4 He intimidates me the first time I ever talked to him was in the pub
5 Jeff Winter of Middlesbrough found himself the first guinea pig .
6 We do not know who the first organist in the old church were .
7 As season 72/73 arrived , a passing shopper , Mrs Hilda Sheppey ( 58 ) , suddenly found herself the first manageress in football history .
8 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 .
9 What was , does anybody know what the first term was ?
10 It was by conquest that the Danish King Cnut made himself the first king of a truly united England in the early eleventh century .
11 Steve White says its the first stepping stone of a month , where they have all the top teams and it 's very much in their own hands .
12 Oh , so you do n't so told you the first year !
13 ‘ You still believe I rejected you the first time , do n't you ? ’
14 She told him the first chance she had , when they had had tea and he was eating his lonely meal in the parlour .
15 ‘ I told him the first thing he has to do is establish who she is and where she comes from . ’
16 … 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 .
17 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 .
18 if I 'd have fed it the first time I 'd have understood it , but I 've only fed it today !
19 Alison also likes 60s music ( too young to remember it the first time around ) and buying things for her home .
20 The dog is commanded to sit and if he does n't do it the first time , he is pushed gently into position .
21 's kept us on file and will give us the first date available in June .
22 ( If it upset you the first time , please move on to the next paragraph . )
23 I have asked no one else , I have given you the first opportunity of owning these things . ’
24 Win the new Renault Clio We unveil a fantastic new six-part competition to win one of this year 's most exciting models , and give you the first plant posers that lead the way to £9,180-worth of gleaming new car !
25 ‘ That lady tamed him the first time he set eyes on her .
26 No she bought a second lo a second twenty lot of twenty and I give her the first lot back probably .
27 Give him the first half , and see what he would do .
28 As a matter of fact I usually just give him the first line or two and leave him to get on with it .
29 I did n't believe it the first time either . ’
30 I hated it the first time .
  Next page