Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [pers pn] [prep] [pron] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The wicked mood of triumphant secret freedom which had come to her after her first performance of careful deliberate lying to Jack had , for the moment at any rate , left her . |
| 2 | She approved of the crispness of the linen coifs of nuns , the ironed cleanness of her mother 's Sunday gloves , the drift of long tulle skirts that had stirred about her on her First Communion day , the soft transparency of the veils of village brides . |
| 3 | She thought about them a lot , wondering how it was going for them on their first real day on active service ; the first day , she supposed , of the rest of their lives — of the duration , at least . |
| 4 | Lack of peak fitness had told against him on his first run of the 1989–90 season when pitched in against Desert Orchid and other top chasers in the King George VI Rank Chase at Kempton Park on Boxing Day . |
| 5 | He always thanked anyone who did , she noticed , and felt a return of the respect he had inspired in her at their first meeting . |
| 6 | He had condemned her and the warmth she had sensed in him from their first meeting had all gone . |
| 7 | ‘ Everyone says that , ’ she whispered ‘ You know the Lady Prioress was lying when you talked to her on your first day at Godstowe ? ’ |
| 8 | The shoemaker dances with her in her first excitement and then collapses and turns into a tangle of dead leaves as she tires . |
| 9 | At the peak of the agitation more than 12,000 troops were stationed in the disturbed regions of the Midlands and the North — more soldiers than Wellington took with him on his first expedition to Portugal in 1808 in the Peninsular War . |
| 10 | Three cars went by her in her first half-hour on the road . |
| 11 | ‘ I have n't since the way Lou Gent fought against me in my first title defence . ’ |
| 12 | Speaking in Brussels , where the Community dimension of the drama is becoming a major debate , the Labour leader , Mr Neil Kinnock , said : ‘ Freedom is magnetic and it is natural that the people of Eastern Europe should lunge for it at their first chance . ’ |
| 13 | Eight hours ago he had never heard of any of them , now he was thinking of them by their first names : Francis , Edwin , Beryl , Anna , Cathy … |
| 14 | As a child of 11 , she had one which featured with her in her first professional engagement , as Dorothy in The Wiz , the all-black version of The Wizard of Oz , at the Sheffield Crucible . |
| 15 | His wife of 37 years , Nesta , stood by him during his first public humiliation . |
| 16 | • A Meeting Service Manager who works with you from your first call , ensuring every requirement is met to your specification . |