Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [vb infin] the first thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everyone in the whole marine department just threw up their hands in horror and told me I was crazy , I did n't know the first thing about ships , the whole marine fleet would fall apart . |
| 2 | He had been told that he did n't know the first thing about it , that the young were all the same , destructive and careless , that Mrs Irving set a value on her privacy . |
| 3 | She did n't know the first thing about him , after all . |
| 4 | And as I had this urge to correct manuscripts as I went along , and could n't read his handwriting , and did n't know the first thing about Roman Britain , you can imagine he felt obliged to educate me . |
| 5 | What was she doing , anyway , going out with a man she did n't know the first thing about ? |
| 6 | ‘ He did n't know the first thing about you , did he ? ’ |
| 7 | Only then did she realise that , for all she had been in his company for a total of several hours now , she still did n't know the first thing about him . |
| 8 | ‘ You 've caught on very quickly to some of the interesting things Brownies do , but do n't forget the first thing Brownies learn to do is to give . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ You do n't know the first thing about the business , woman . ’ |
| 10 | And anyway , even if we ask them , I mean , even if they think we can do something about it , though Christ knows what , I do n't want a lot of knowalls who have n't got any kids and do n't know the first thing about them telling us what to do with ours — ’ |
| 11 | ‘ But I do n't know the first thing about being a dog , ’ young Anabelle pointed out . |
| 12 | ‘ I do n't know the first thing about anything , really . ’ |
| 13 | I do n't know the first thing about brochs . |
| 14 | Some of the people who talk about commitment do n't know the first thing about it . |
| 15 | You do n't know the first thing , do you ? " |
| 16 | You simply do n't know the first thing about marriage , do you ? |
| 17 | ‘ Most of them do n't know the first thing about sailing . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ You do n't know the first thing about my relationship with Florian ! ’ |
| 19 | ‘ You do n't know the first thing about the way I work . ’ |
| 20 | You do n't know the first thing about me ! |
| 21 | First can I just ask , as , as somebody who 's building a paper aeroplane you got assumption whatsoever , so am I supposed to say I do n't know the first thing about making a paper aeroplane , you you told me . |
| 22 | ‘ But Ross — I do n't know the first thing about children ! ’ she exclaimed helplessly . |
| 23 | I 'm anxious to do what I can , but I do n't know the first thing about looking after children . |
| 24 | You do n't know the first thing about real life . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ But I do n't know the first thing about baking , ’ stammered Charlie as he fell back into his chair . |
| 26 | ‘ Because one thing 's for certain , Charlie Trumper , ’ she told him as they sat down in the little room at the back of Salmon 's to check the monthly accounts , ‘ you do n't know the first thing about butchery . |
| 27 | I 've been so hoping you would soon be ready to join Brownies , but how can I pass over to a Brownie Guider a girl who wo n't lend a hand without being given something first and who does n't know the first thing about being obedient ? ’ |
| 28 | He 's an engineer , does n't know the first thing about literature , but Puddephat makes it all sound scientific by using these very long words . |