Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pron] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , I ca n't say that I 've really earned this , ’ said John , taking a cup , ‘ but perhaps I can be forgiven my first day . |
| 2 | I had just received my first commission from the world 's greatest rock read and I had less than 24 hours to deliver the goods . |
| 3 | For instance , when I first started writing , and had completed my first novels , I was not allowed to sign a contract for it . |
| 4 | They have a very special significance , and how I wish I had known how to press flowers when I was given my first red roses by my husband , but unfortunately I learnt a few years too late ! |
| 5 | I have irresponsibly given my first preference to a candidate of the Official Monster Raving Loony Party . |
| 6 | After I have given my first three preferences to Apple , Banana and Cherry my fourth preference , if I express one , will count only if Apple , Banana and Cherry have been either elected or eliminated . |
| 7 | If she had n't approached me first I doubt I should have recognised her , she was so different from the plump , fresh-faced girl whom I had met on the train that January morning more than three years ago . |
| 8 | I have pricked my first blister , squeezed out the fluid , and dabbed it with surgical spirit . |
| 9 | If I had read a dozen Somerset Maugham books about colonial clubs in remote settlements , I could n't have bettered my first impression of Tala-Tala 's Union Jack Club . |
| 10 | I had won my first major title . |
| 11 | I 've enjoyed my first year as a pro despite everything . |
| 12 | ‘ I 've enjoyed my first year as a pro despite everything , ’ he says . |
| 13 | The quantity and variety of reading and writing , the mathematical ideas and vocabulary , the competence shown by many children in instrumental music , physical education , art and light crafts would have amazed my first class of children , and their teachers too . |
| 14 | ‘ Meaning that I should have trusted my first impressions of you . ’ |
| 15 | But I was married with a baby then , and , in 1949 , this was considered my first duty . |
| 16 | The insult was particularly deep because the year before , Cagliari had won its first and only Italian championship . |
| 17 | Fujitsu Ltd has won its first supercomputer order in the US since it entered the market under its own name in March last year rather than through Amdahl Corp : it will lease a VPX220 model to the Geco-Prakla Inc oil exploration unit of Schlumberger Ltd , which will use it for seismic mapping of underground oil deposits ; the value was not given . |
| 18 | After operating in the Czech and Slovak republics for the past 18 months , Leeds accounting software supplier Coda Ltd has not only won its first contract in Hungary , but also decided to open an office in Budapest , which began trading on April 1 . |
| 19 | MIDDLESBROUGH offshore business Northern Ocean Services has won its first major contract in seven years of operating from the former Smiths Docks site . |
| 20 | CCG has won its first major contract with BT Marine Ltd to provide catering and housekeeping services on board the 4,750 ton support ship the MV Discovery . |
| 21 | CCG HAS won its first offshore contract with BP Exploration , a multi-million pound contract to provide quality hotel standard service for personnel involved in the hook-up of two platforms in the North Sea 's Bruce Field . |
| 22 | The clash between the demands of the Welfare State and Britain 's desire to regain her position as a great power had claimed its first victim ! |
| 23 | The new status system for racing under SARA rules has claimed its first victim . |
| 24 | And without Maurice , Shirley , two months ago , probably would n't have won her first honour . |
| 25 | She felt like a government health warning , but the sheer pleasure of having won her first big race made up for it all . |
| 26 | Yet , if Souness had been as rational during the game , Spurs might not have won their first League match in six weeks . |
| 27 | The High Elves had won their first major victory . |
| 28 | At 5.45 pm Gower pulled Mushtaq for two and England had won their first Test against Pakistan for 10 years , and levelled the series , with one to play . |
| 29 | Anderlecht , beaten 3–2 by Sampdoria , in the semi-finals of the European Cup last season , have won their first five games in Belgium this season . |
| 30 | and three cheers for Gloucestershire … they 've won their first championship game of the season |