Example sentences of "[pers pn] first [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | For me , intelligence and sexuality go together , and it is usually with the intelligence in a person 's eyes that I first fall in love . |
| 2 | May I first welcome you all here . |
| 3 | This is actually patch group 1 , bank 1 — not eleven , as I first thought . |
| 4 | ‘ I first thought they made a mistake with the test but later I thought it was more anti-American . ’ |
| 5 | When I first thought about fancying men , it was about kissing and cuddling . |
| 6 | The slenderest patients , those whose faces are nothing more than a triangle of bone around the eyes , they 're Musselmänner : not , as I first thought , as an ironical glance at musclemen . |
| 7 | I first thought , Irish . |
| 8 | Then Carol reappeared with what I first thought was cocaine down most of her right side . |
| 9 | ‘ When I first split from my husband the prince said he was terribly sorry , but I did n't reciprocate , ’ she said . |
| 10 | President , congress , I first pay tribute to the Women Against Pit Closure Group for their cour cour determination and yes , sheer bravery . |
| 11 | In The Clock Tower I first block in the spider web of interconnecting darks which I visualise as one large dark shape . |
| 12 | In The Clock Tower I first block in the spider web of interconnecting darks which I visualise as one large dark shape . |
| 13 | as I first show in sequel whether the white waistcoated gentleman was right or not , I should have |
| 14 | I first deal with evidence in relation to how and when the caring regime will change in the future . |
| 15 | ‘ Would it surprise you to know that in the five years since I first set eyes on you , I have not looked seriously at another woman ? |
| 16 | I do not want to be harsh , but when I first set eyes on him I knew the type at once : the big , gangling provincial , so eager and relieved to find himself at last in artistic circles . |
| 17 | ‘ I remember when I first set eyes on you at that cocktail party and I thought , In spite of her dark flowing hair and her Mediterranean beauty she has a bite about her that can only be British . |
| 18 | ‘ I 've wanted to make love to you since I first set eyes on you . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ It was the first bit of luck I 'd had since I first set eyes on you . |
| 20 | Well it , it , at least it 's gold , I mean , I , I , I was in the jewellery trade when I first left school , between school and national service I worked at a manufacturing jewellers in Birmingham and I 've never really gone along with the idea that nine carat is actually gold . |
| 21 | May I first associate myself with the words of the hon. Member for Hendon , South ( Mr. Marshall ) with whom I fully agree ? |
| 22 | Schedule I First Mortgage Debentures |
| 23 | And we know that the tumour I first saw has got less . |
| 24 | I first saw Genesis around 1973 and at the time knew their music very well . |
| 25 | It must be at least twenty years since I first saw works by Basil Rocke . |
| 26 | ‘ At Nairn we may fix the verge of the Highlands , for here I first saw peat fires and heard the Erse language . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ From the moment I first saw freestyle I knew it was the sport for me — there was so much more to it than ordinary skiing — it was beautiful and the ultimate in skiing athleticism . ’ |
| 28 | Finally , stand back and have another look at the fish … is it really as good as you first thought , or have you become less impressed with it , the more you have been close to it ? |
| 29 | But might not the woman be a mere pickpocket and the man her accomplice , as you first thought ? ’ |
| 30 | When you first approach an agency check that they are registered as an employment agency with the local government authority . |