Example sentences of "[adv prt] first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She comes in first thing , but steer clear until about nine o'clock so I can have a chance to explain things . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm supposed to go in first thing in the mornings too , to light the stoves and dust round . ’ |
| 3 | She 'd gone in first thing but could n't face the idea of working . |
| 4 | I 'm gon na come in first thing Monday thought cos I 've got ta pick some things up right . |
| 5 | ‘ This is where we came in first time round , Leonora . |
| 6 | A Win bet means that the horse you select must come in first place and the amount that you win will depend on the odds . |
| 7 | Yeah , for you , you go in first gear . |
| 8 | We shut down first Friday something |
| 9 | Quite so it 's about feeling you 're going to make a fool of yourself , I mean what 's the feeling when you come in and you sit down first thing in the morning you look all round at the other eleven people |
| 10 | ‘ Shall I come over first thing in the morning and give you a hand ? |
| 11 | Intel Corp has put off first deliveries of the P5 microprocessor to the first quarter of next year from the fourth quarter this year , but says that the move has not affected progress on the follow-on P6 , which it had said would start sampling as soon as the fourth quarter of next year , suggesting it will come very hot on the heels of the P5 . |
| 12 | DEC AND THE MUSEE D'ORSAY IN PARIS SHOW OFF FIRST FRUITS OF THEIR COLLABORATION — BUT WHERE TO NOW ? |
| 13 | More than 20,000 joyous Wearsiders were in jubilant mood after new Roker hero John Byrne scored the goal that saw off First Division Norwich City in a poignant semi-final at Hillsborough . |
| 14 | That 's right , I do n't think they did have a chance first half and we created maybe eight or nine chances , you know , really good clear chances and really we need to be putting more that one away and we need to kill the game off first half when we 're so superior in that sort of performance , you know . |
| 15 | She was too tired now to walk over the moor but she would set off first thing in the morning . |
| 16 | Get off first thing in the morning . ’ |
| 17 | You just do n't score off first phase possession . |
| 18 | She stood up with total aplomb , and carried off first prize for her rendering of a " Purple Pussycat " . |
| 19 | WALL STREET FIRMS UP FIRST QUARTER IBM FORECASTS |
| 20 | Pick up first row of main yarn . |
| 21 | Pick up first row in main colour . |
| 22 | Master Butcher Howard Callaghan and shop manager Alan Dean who had picked up first prize for an impressive window display in a competition in Harrogate on Monday , spent yesterday cleaning up the mess . |
| 23 | Er , I 'd like to say thanks to me branch for nominating me up first place for this award . |
| 24 | ‘ Out of the question or not , lad , I checked up first thing . |
| 25 | If you have a problem , do not worry , we 'll pick it up first thing tomorrow . |
| 26 | and it 's , keep your house warm and it 's this , you know er she comes in , in the middle of the night , she gets up in the middle of the night and the house is lovely and warm , she gets up first thing in the morning and the house is lovely and warm |
| 27 | Previously you could ask someone to type up first draft , second draft , maybe a third draft , but how far can you drive your secretary , and now they can be wholly in charge of this — they can change the layout of it as much as the words within it ; they can ask colleagues to come in and comment and even add a little bit . |
| 28 | Previously you could ask someone to type up first draft , second draft , maybe a third draft , but how far can you drive your secretary — and now they can be wholly in charge of this . |
| 29 | if you suffer from Mansellmania … you 're on the right channel tonight … we 've a competition coming up first news of Sunday 's grand prix in Mark Kiff 's action round up |
| 30 | It had been a test , then , she remembered , of a day 's success if the outboard started up first time . |