Example sentences of "they first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Infra-red detectors are very effective devices — they react to body heat , and will leave lights on for a predetermined time after they first sense body heat . |
| 2 | Which is why most women , when asked what they first look for in a man , reply ‘ Wit and humour ’ . |
| 3 | Koppes comments on the launch of the Russian Sputnik : ‘ JPL personnel could remember years later where they were when they heard the news , what they first thought , and what they did . ’ |
| 4 | One had overturned and they stared in amazement as a swarthy-featured European lashed out with a thick bamboo cane at what they first thought was a small animal collapsed between the shafts . |
| 5 | The Williamses fell in love with the outside of the house at first sight and Pauline admits the condition inside was far worse than they first thought . |
| 6 | ‘ And several house building companies who have routinely offered temporary occupancy to farmers using three to four year Licences may find it is not as easy to establish their own occupancy as they first thought . ’ |
| 7 | When an experimenter sets up a new group of hens they first fight among themselves . |
| 8 | They first set eyes on the house which was to be ‘ home ’ for the rest of Jack 's life on 7 July 1930 . |
| 9 | From our wise Lords they first receiv 'd their Birth ; |
| 10 | Let us suppose the client suggests that they first wish to overcome their difficulties in using public transport , specifically buses . |
| 11 | ‘ When they first start work , they come and see the person who 's in charge , it could be me or my deputy . |
| 12 | I always teach new knitters to do this when they first start on lace , then they use the extension rails automatically and the problem will not arise . |
| 13 | Some people are dismayed when they first start to keep a log . |
| 14 | Only adults make a pig 's ear of it when they first start fishing as adults . |
| 15 | When they first start breathing correctly again , they feel they 're doing it wrong because what they were doing before felt correct . ’ |