Example sentences of "[v-ing] first thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dr Coué , who , in the nineteenth century proclaimed the virtue of saying first thing every morning and regularly thereafter that , ‘ Every day , in every way I 'm getting better and better ’ , is enjoying a great revival . |
| 2 | The D R one A is currently an excellent er tactical reconnaissance aircraft , all weather , at night etcetera and er it will go on well into the next century so there 's no great hurry to make a decision er one of the first points has got ta be decided is whether we carry the reconnaissance equipment in a pod under the aircraft replacing some of the other weapons or whether we try to build it in and er but taking first things first we have to get the requirement sorted out . |
| 3 | The second rule is that outlay , both private and public , should be directed by social priorities , putting first things first , the prevention of Want , Disease , Squalor and Ignorance before unessentials — bread and health for all before cake and circuses for anyone . |
| 4 | This may be caused to some extent by the general abstractness of the language ; but it is also a matter of the kinds of syntactic presentation and complexity that James favours : ( i ) Just as he seems to avoid calling a spade a spade , so James seems to avoid putting first things first . |
| 5 | Away from the politics , dealers in ICI were humming first thing with the story that the chemicals giant is poised to sell its fibres division to America 's Du Pont for £300m . |