Example sentences of "[to-vb] first thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'll ask him to come first thing on Monday morning . |
| 2 | ‘ She 's promised to come first thing tomorrow . |
| 3 | And , anyway , I need some sleep if I 'm going to leave first thing in the morning . |
| 4 | I had one job to do first thing in the morning — to ring Sir Geoffrey Gillington and ask him to arrange for the manager of the Upper Thames Street branch of the bank to receive Miss Macdonald when she called , and to keep her letter for me . |
| 5 | He said that 's what you 've got to do first thing Monday morning , find out where that car is , he said , and then you want half the money |
| 6 | I 'm fine , ’ Laura mumbled , so used to silence first thing in the morning that she was finding it incredibly difficult to carry on any form of conversation . |
| 7 | A room will be waiting and money will be in the post , to arrive first thing tomorrow . ’ |
| 8 | It 's when you you tend to say first thing you say is ca n't do that then you think , Oh well we get the we have to do it just playing silly game we get these funny numbers . |
| 9 | The only drawback to the course was the way my calves refused to move first thing in the morning ; the pluses ? — meeting and making new friends and returning home refreshed and energised in mind and body . |
| 10 | Moving on from the , the dredger back to when you were a stevedore you used to sort out the different work for the , for the men , where did you used to congregate first thing in the morning ? |