Example sentences of "first [noun] [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the first experiment our source is a not very accurate gun which sprays bullets onto the first screen . |
| 2 | At first glance her remark seems true enough , but my feelings were quite the opposite . |
| 3 | Not surprisingly , therefore , they work in flocks so that there are always some individuals with their heads up , able to call an alarm the first moment their safety seems uncertain . |
| 4 | He believed now , though this belief may have been a mythic smoothing of his memory , that Val was the first person his undergraduate self had spoken to , socially that was , not officially . |
| 5 | One the first night our dessert of a white meringue swan floating on a sea of raspberry sauce with a scoop of rum and raisin ice-cream nestling between its folded wings , gives an idea of how beautifully presented the meals were . |
| 6 | On the first day of the blizzard 30 of my sheep got buried and on the first night my kennel runs were covered with six feet of snow , making it difficult , if not impossible , to get the dogs out . |
| 7 | On that first occasion my father took me through Craven Hill Gardens into Porchester Terrace , showed me the blank brick back of the facades and lifted me up on to the wall so that I could look down into the shaft . |
| 8 | But they have to in our garden because erm I know the first she was a the one we 've got and the first day me husband brought her he went up to fetch her out the kennel and she sort of saw this cat and it 's a |
| 9 | ‘ No diet is easy and I found the first few days hard , but by the end of the first week my skin became clearer , my nails grew stronger and my hair was healthy and shining . |
| 10 | When you first run-up your model you should carefully observe the blade tips when the model is on the point of lifting off . |
| 11 | Tom Berman , now in Israel , still has the first letter his mother wrote from Czechoslovakia to the Millers in Glasgow on 14 June 1939 . |
| 12 | ‘ I have seen at first hand her effect on people young and old . |
| 13 | I knew one family where the husband hung himself facing the front door so that his body would be the first thing his wife would see as she came in . |
| 14 | The first thing our group , Men For Verbal & Tactile Rights . |
| 15 | I said , they 're just coming down the road , I said the first thing your father 'll say , has it got a plug on it ? |
| 16 | These were the first examples my research threw up , which leads me to wonder why the letter H hunts in packs . |
| 17 | De Niro 's directorial debut , Tales Of The Bronx , is schedule for early 1991 , but the first film his company has planned is a comedy in which he will co-star with Danny De Vito . |
| 18 | Early in the first year his behaviour pattern was showing dips and troughs . |
| 19 | It was the first time her father had hit her and he looked upset , but suddenly she was very calm and her voice was steady as she said , ‘ I 'm sorry . |
| 20 | But that was not the first time her husband 's penchant for hiding cash had nearly cost her dearly . |
| 21 | It was n't the first time her pupil had mentioned Rossmayne and each time the girl 's face had lit up in a way which made the nun catch her breath . |
| 22 | The Russian Embassy tells me that this is the first time their head of state has visited London and not stayed at the embassy . |
| 23 | Thus a suspect defence completed the qualifying programme of six matches without conceding a goal ; they must be doing something right , although not for the first time their debt to Shilton was manifest . |
| 24 | ‘ Would n't be the first time your husband 's come back when you did n't expect him , would it ? ’ |
| 25 | For the first time my life wo n't be ordered . |
| 26 | She was the headmistress of a school in Bolton and read about me when Alec Donaldson wrote an article in the Yorkshire Post , which was the first time my name was brought to the attention of the public . |
| 27 | ‘ And then set your thugs on me the first time my back 's turned . |
| 28 | A trip to the blood donors may seem like a strange topic to write about in a staff magazine but it is one that took my mind back a few years to the first time my mum persuaded me to go . |
| 29 | The first time my mother had been indignant and remarked that Syl had no right to disappear for the evening without telling us where he was going . |
| 30 | This was not the first time my employer had raised such a question ; indeed , it seems to be something which genuinely troubles him . |