Example sentences of "first [noun] [pers pn] [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So we all got very excited because it was the first money we 'd spent for a long time . |
| 2 | In one of the first cases he had taken , in 1923 , it must have been , the year after he came back — Fantina was still a baby — a widow had accused her neighbour of killing her cow out of spite . |
| 3 | He said the first verb he 'd learned was ‘ to love ’ and the first noun ‘ a table ’ , bizarre beginnings to a vocabulary with no connection between the parts . |
| 4 | Still , I 'll say this for you : you 're the first Scotsman I 've met who 's prepared to put his hand in his pocket for a round of drinks . ’ |
| 5 | In the first category we work to prevent effects which might otherwise take place , not necessarily working directly with the child . |
| 6 | Naturally , you can upgrade the processor , but this is the first PC I 've seen that has a socket for Intel 's yet-to-be-released Pentium 586 processor . |
| 7 | Learning to pronounce the address ‘ Quatorze rue du Perre , Place Pigalle ’ to a taxi driver was the first hurdle they had to overcome : |
| 8 | This was the first opportunity we had to try out the new personalisation facility with the agents ’ mailing . |
| 9 | Numerous questions have been asked in the House about the police national computer , but to my knowledge this is the first opportunity we have had in recent times to discuss wider issues . |
| 10 | The first opportunity I got to look at this stuff is on Sunday on the library |
| 11 | ‘ This is the first opportunity I 've had to get away from Josh and the director . |
| 12 | So in the first case they 've given him , the first place they 've given him six six six five allowances but then they pull back the total of those three . |
| 13 | ‘ This is the first election we have had since the Berlin Wall came down , ’ says Andrea Borri , a Christian Democrat MP from Parma , addressing an incontro of hoteliers in the spa town of Salso Maggiore . |
| 14 | After a slow first hour I started to get a few better fish , roach and skimmers . |
| 15 | I think I see one problem with , we 've put site investigation and flagged the price I think , whereas if we 'd said that we require site investigation work to be undertaken by the project manager , we 've really got to decide the level of site investigations , so that in the first instance we 've got ta approach the soil mechanics and determine from them what , what we need from them . |
| 16 | Of course you could try a tantalising headline but do remember that in the first instance you have to attract the attention and interest of the journalist or editor , who is not going to be tempted quite as easily as the reader might be . |
| 17 | this season we 'll be cheering louder than ever for our three teams … in the new first division we 've got Oxford United … they 've new owners and new heart after escaping relegation … we 've first division football at the County ground as well … where style and skill have always been swindon town 's hallmarks … this time around they 're hoping for strength too … in division three Hereford United have been rebuilding … they 're going continental with a player-coach instead of a manager … so for the best season ticket sit down for Central South … . |
| 18 | The first part you need to complete , part A and this has got your personal details bank details it asks about your family details for family benefits and it asks if you are in receipt of any other oth other pensions . |
| 19 | In 1908 the Standard was not printing photographs and , although it took up the art form in the 1920 's and it is a curiosity to learn that the first photograph it published to do with the Club was in fact of the Opening Match , but 50 years after the event . |
| 20 | In his first term he had to write for him an essay on the art of poetry . |
| 21 | Reagan 's notoriously detached style of management made high-quality staff essential , and in his first term he appears to have been particularly well served by those responsible for ushering his economic policy proposals through congress . |
| 22 | There was little he could do to combat the hostility of the media , but after the frustrations of his first term he decided to face up to the bureaucracy and the legislature . |
| 23 | ‘ This is the first fella I have had in my family . |
| 24 | In the first chapter I attempt to set out some of the different forms of theism and atheism . |
| 25 | After parting from his jockey Macer Gifford at the very first fence he had continued with the rest of the field all the way round , clearing every obstacle and keeping with the herd . |
| 26 | Equally personal is Janet Smith 's The World Outside My Window , the first piece she has made since disbanding her company and the first in a long time that she has made to please herself . |
| 27 | At first interview they had said that they worried about Mrs White , especially when they could not get over to see her , and that it was a bit of a strain on them both because neither of them was ‘ in perfect health ’ . |
| 28 | Neil Warnock , County 's manager , conceded : ‘ The winning goal was the first break we have had since Christmas but it is highly unlikely to keep us up . |
| 29 | This is the first break I 've taken in over three years . ’ |
| 30 | We took his four- poster bed down that he wanted taking down that he cherished for some peculiar reason , and then we moved all the other bits of furniture , and as we w were sort of getting most of the furniture out of the first bedroom he said Do n't forget the loft will you ? |