Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | We find them mentioned first during the reign of Edward I , in the 14th century when they were assessed to pay 20/ for the knighting of the Black Prince . |
| 2 | During my two years of national service I became first a radar mechanic and then an Education Sergeant , leaving in 1948 to start reading History at Brasenose . |
| 3 | I asked first about my bag and felt my breathing quicken when the chief seemed unable to find my deposition . |
| 4 | GUIL : I asked first . |
| 5 | I asked first ! |
| 6 | I 'm sorry , I asked first ! |
| 7 | I want the music , cos I wan na co introduce them to music , so tape it , I asked first ! |
| 8 | I asked first ! |
| 9 | So you tape the music , I asked first ! |
| 10 | I asked first ! |
| 11 | Well we got married in nineteen forty one and I lived first of all in Sussex where erm my mother was living because my husband went into the Air Force and he was erm away for five years , well we had a lot of bombing in the early part of the war in Sussex and my father eventually came here to Harlow thinking we were getting away from it and of course we came right into the V er what was it ? |
| 12 | I clapped first |
| 13 | Then I found first gear and stomped on the accelerator . |
| 14 | As they demanded sketches of themselves , I drew first one and then another . |
| 15 | It was at Thurso in Scotland that I 'd first seen surfers riding tubes . |
| 16 | Several of my ex-pupils , some of whom I 'd first taught when they were 7 years old , grimaced at me as they carried on preparing their lunch . |
| 17 | She laughed the same way as when I 'd first seen her . |
| 18 | And in that time I became very close to the bunch of desperadoes I 'd first flown out with . |
| 19 | President , Tom erm , to President and Congress , ladies and gentlemen er , I 'd first of all just like to say thank you , a big thank you for your support . |
| 20 | well yeah now , but you , you were saying this , we , we had this conversation when I 'd first got here , before any of this started to happen |
| 21 | In our scope of registration I 'd first of all we show the accounts department as part of the company . |
| 22 | I came first to a small unoccupied sleeping space , then a galley , cold and lifeless . |
| 23 | I leave it to you to decide which bullet I played first . |
| 24 | ‘ I noticed first and then I ran screaming . |
| 25 | I do n't know which I noticed first , the slight twitch of an eyelid or the small lift of the ribs which dulled the icy Yorkshire air into his lungs . |
| 26 | The fact that Ian and I arrived first gives us priority , and it was extremely foolish of you to set up in opposition . |
| 27 | Sedgemore said : ‘ I joined first class rugby late but I am enjoying life with Cardiff . |
| 28 | The items I joined first were the stretcher rails using a 16mm spade bit in a power drill ( a brace and bit works equally well ) with the help of a friend across the bench giving me a line up against a sliding bevel . |
| 29 | That 's how it was when I joined first . |
| 30 | In fact , while the R450 is here I 'm using it to set up my own guitars , all of which I tuned first with a normal tuner . |