Example sentences of "[verb] [not/n't] [verb] [verb] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was showing off , as is the way with adolescent boys in the first flush of manhood ( let he who has not sinned throw the first stone ) , and , as is the way with adolescent boys in the first flush of manhood , he slipped and fell in the pool — collapse of stout party etc . |
| 2 | She was wanting to describe the nature of the malai government but did n't want to use the first words which came to mind , which were ‘ military dictatorship ’ . |
| 3 | She did n't appear to mind the first time . |
| 4 | You do n't want to spend the first morning of your honeymoon trying to re-do it yourself , so it is probably as well to stick to something simple . |
| 5 | Do n't forget to visit the first ever BBC Good Food Show , being held alongside the Ideal Home Exhibit at Earls Court , London , on March 21–24 . |
| 6 | The hon. Gentleman does not seem to have the first idea of what happens at Social Affairs Councils . |