Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] the very first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had exactly six hours till midnight , six hours to make up her mind whether to go down to the beach bar , or give it a miss for the very first time . |
| 2 | It was an alarming experience for the very first aid workers to reach them . |
| 3 | But they told me that ‘ during your show we saw a flicker of response in his eyes for the very first time ’ . ’ |
| 4 | It 's 5.30 a.m. in the morning and a baby lamb is about to see daylight for the very first time . |
| 5 | I have to say that neither piece is vintage Schumann , but when the old magic really starts to work ( as in the ‘ Gloria ’ and ‘ Agnus Dei ’ of the Requiem ) , one is left in no doubt that Schumann 's was a creative mind of the very first order . |
| 6 | You do n't take a water tablet tomorrow and then you start this Inavase stuff and the first dose should be taken at night because the main potential side effect with the very first tablet , and it 's the first tablet only , is your blood pressure can go Oh down a bit . |
| 7 | As for Christmas Day itself , do n't panic if you 're cooking a big turkey lunch for the very first time . |
| 8 | This would clearly imply some involvement by the Dublin government in the internal affairs of Northern Ireland for the very first time . |
| 9 | Super Sales Grit — SSG — is a miracle ingredient that has been trained into every Rentokil sales consultant from the very first day out with a sales manager to the final night of introductory sales consultants courses . |
| 10 | Similarly , T. H. Pelham , the evangelical pioneer of youth work , and author of the very first club manual , urged on his readers the value of friendship , stressing that ‘ Personal influence is one of the first conditions of success ’ . |
| 11 | After all that toil and trouble , the outcome was the same as it is more often than not in a constituency of the Republic — the same , that is to say , as if not a single vote had been transferred : the candidates elected were those who , on the showing of the very first count , had the greatest number of first-preference votes . |
| 12 | The foresight of the Course founders , in using a computer for a range of student records applications from the very first intake , set the pace for subsequent information technology developments . |
| 13 | ‘ As you seem to have seen through the subterfuge from the very first moment , why did you agree to this trip ? ’ |
| 14 | In 1946 , in the top front page article in the very first edition of his newspaper , whose title in Arabic means ‘ The people ’ , he urged Arabs to struggle harder to maintain their land in Arab ownership in Palestine . |
| 15 | There is an element of truth in the very first statement as it applies to the UK . |
| 16 | The overall structural and emotional focus of the work is consistently sustained with such burning insight that it was almost as thought one were hearing the Sonata for the very first time . |
| 17 | One 's hopes are raised that Scots law is to get at least some adequate mention , but these hopes founder on the title of the very first chapter , ‘ The Incorporation of European Community Law into English Law ’ . |
| 18 | Although he was still hungry , he decided against asking her for second helpings now that he had forgotten to use her new name at the very first test . |
| 19 | He three-putted from three feet and made a double-bogey at the very first hole . |
| 20 | McAllister looked at him from under the long dark eyelashes which had won his heart from the very first moment when he had seen them , on his sofa , adorning the unconscious girl he had carried in from the street . |
| 21 | However the alliance represents a watershed for Chorus , which is now embarked on a binary strategy for the very first time , though where exactly it goes from here is still unclear . |
| 22 | Having loaded your game for the very first time , the last thing you want to do is read an instruction sheet this size . |
| 23 | They had enjoyed a happy day and it seemed to Carrie that Seb had noticed her , really noticed her , as a young woman for the very first time . |
| 24 | He had felt sure when he left his hotel room that every eye in Saigon would be on him that evening because he was wearing a white tuxedo for the very first time in his young life . |
| 25 | Yet another is the use of numbers and names : the locomotive in the very first sentence is named as " Number 4 " it comes " from Selston " , and it draws " seven full waggons " . |
| 26 | She got no further , the words swallowed up as he bent and took her mouth in a punishing kiss that stole her breath from the very first touch of his lips . |
| 27 | Jensen insisted he relished the hostile atmosphere , but joined his manager 's condemnation of Buksch , saying : ‘ The ref lost control from the very first minute . |
| 28 | He stared at her , almost as if seeing his daughter for the very first time , his eyes boring into her , and she suffered his scrutiny as best she could . |
| 29 | Let's face it , all of us are romantic at heart , and even more so when we 're young , possibly even falling in love for the very first time . |
| 30 | There 's little dawdling to sniff flowers now , just giddy , breakneck pop ; ‘ In Love For The Very First Time ’ is gushing and gossipy , while ‘ Be Your Baby ’ is '60s girl group sentiment wised up and flung into the backroom of the Camden Falcon . |