Example sentences of "[pron] first [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was my first personal experience of the extraordinary anaesthetizing powers of physical shock . |
| 2 | This was my first personal encounter with Basil Rocke . |
| 3 | This time I finished third and this earned me my first indoor international , with a place in the 4 × 200 metres relay team , against West Germany . |
| 4 | But more surprises were in store as I unearthed my first Roman coin . |
| 5 | ‘ This was my first professional association with Chapman , but I already knew him . |
| 6 | The former Church of England envoy said : ‘ I had contact with hundreds of people prior to my first face-to-face meeting with the kidnappers in Beirut . |
| 7 | The former Church of England envoy said : ‘ I had contact with hundreds of people prior to my first face-to-face meeting with the kidnappers in Beirut . |
| 8 | I wondered what to expect at my first Annual General Meeting . |
| 9 | Some of you er may take it amiss if I were to describe you as veterans but my by contrast , this is my first annual public meeting and not just as chairman . |
| 10 | But something , some sharper , unaccustomed sound , brought me out of my first deep sleep into listening wakefulness . |
| 11 | On my first administrative promotion in Buckinghamshire I encountered Geoff Link , for me a new colleague , but also a former teacher . |
| 12 | He rang off and I felt a warm glow of appreciation for Fred Workman who had just offered me my first full-time job in journalism . |
| 13 | I had had a very successful indoor season , set a British indoor record at 200 metres and a personal best at 60 metres , and gained my first individual international selection . |
| 14 | However , the run earned me my first individual outdoor international selection for a match against Finland at Lappeenranta . |
| 15 | My first practical experience in the use of homoeopathic remedies was in the treatment of a child with croup . |
| 16 | The bamboo rungs , though wide and strong , were loosely lashed with unreliable cordage , and Lorne 's and my first simultaneous step onto the lowest rung resulted in it slipping its knots and depositing us both heavily in the mud — myself for the second time in less than twenty minutes . |
| 17 | In 1988 I had my first one-woman show at the Barbican Centre , London . |
| 18 | My first political awareness of oppression was when I was discharged from the nursing corps of the army over lesbianism . |
| 19 | It was on one of these weekend trips to Regina that I wrote my first outside interview for the paper — an interview with John Philip Sousa . |
| 20 | That was my first major mistake . |
| 21 | At the Cosford Games I won the 60 metres , my first major senior success above county level . |
| 22 | The 1985 European Indoor Championships in Athens was my first major international meeting , and it showed . |
| 23 | I had won my first major title . |
| 24 | When I reviewed my performance I thought , well , it was my first major World Championship and I came fourth . |
| 25 | My best finish was in my first major tournament , the Southern Amateur in the cold and rain of Royal Cinque Ports in March . |
| 26 | He gave me my first major engagement outside Sweden , Electra at Glyndebourne [ Idomeneo , 1951 ] . |
| 27 | The wall charts were the type of project I felt I had trained to tackle , and this was my first major commission involving both botany and zoology . |
| 28 | During the reception I made my first major mistake . |
| 29 | ‘ It was my first memorable political experience , ’ says Hilary . |
| 30 | So my first tentative Effort to tell the medical powers of the further help I hoped to seek , had met with little enthusiasm . |