Example sentences of "first day [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Mr David Mellor will end his first day as Heritage Minister under pressure to launch an inquiry into the future of the BBC .
2 She had said just that to Miss Fairgrieves on her first day as governess .
3 From the first day as a cub reporter , journalists are repeatedly told to ‘ get both sides of the story ’ .
4 Sixteen days earlier ‘ the Baron ’ ( as Victoria and Albert called him ) had been sent to England by her ‘ Uncle Leopold ’ as his alter ego , and was Victoria 's guest at breakfast on her first day as queen .
5 ‘ No worse than my first day as a medical student , anyway .
6 ‘ How was your first day as Damian 's secretary ? ’ he asked weakly , but his eyes gleamed with a new reason to live , and he listened eagerly as she told him half-truths about her new job .
7 Our first day on Martinque was rounded off with a great beach party with music provided by a local band .
8 ‘ But after the first day on the outside , I started to relax .
9 The first day on the set he was hung-over and very vulnerable , and his hands were shaking .
10 Walking exercises your legs and buttock muscles and builds up stamina , but a few add-on exercises will really pay dividends — though you might still have trouble standing after the first day on your skis .
11 At 8.30am on his first day on the job , Mr Lobov summoned senior officials in his ministry and told them to draw up a plan for re-establishing state control over the economy .
12 My first day on the works I was sent off to whitewash a shed all by myself .
13 As a place to observe what the DEA was up to in Nicosia , Coleman found the Eurame Trading Company ideal , but from his very first day on the job , he had an uncomfortable feeling that the same might be true for the opposition .
14 A novice is expected to show the degree of skill exhibited by a junior doctor , even if it is the first day on the job .
15 It was far worse than my first day on the wards . ’
16 She ended the first day with a headache so severe she could hardly see .
17 According to her personality type , she can be expected to react on this first day with anything from brave smiles to tension and tears , but this will be quite normal .
18 There will be a number of interactive plenary sessions on the first day with discussions on the future requirements of users from a variety of industries , and on how the emerging technology can be related to their needs .
19 ‘ It is not Hess , ’ Foley told Edward , after spending his first day with the man .
20 Having Goldberg in the room with it , as he has been in my life since that first day at college , made me grasp clearly , for the first time , just what it is I have been after , he wrote .
21 Of all the most damned of coincidences ! she 'd thought , when Ari had told her what had happened in the canteen that first day at the Park .
22 ‘ How d' you like your first day at work , then ? ’
23 He presumed the noise came from the same motorbike he had seen on his first day at school and he asked Mould about it .
24 My first day at Tropicana was spent in a boat , on the beach , and in the bar .
25 I 've made a special one for you because this was your first day at work , ’ Laura said .
26 The first day at the newspaper they sent me into the darkroom with a roll of film and I think I was in the closet for about five hours before I could figure out how to put it on the reel . ’
27 A very early and most interesting use of this technique was that of Jahoda who asked young people at school to write an essay about their first day at work and what they envisaged it would be like .
28 So , on her first day at work , Joanne spent an hour or so with Sue and then was taken round the Home .
29 It explains what information should be given to new staff on their first day at work .
30 No books or videos are likely to be totally adequate to prepare one , for example , for the first day at ‘ big ’ school , but they may provide some insights and ‘ structures ’ so that the experience is not overwhelming .
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