Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] [verb] [art] first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For somewhat different reasons in each case , there is not entailment between I chose the first rose on the list and I chose the first flower on the list , nor between Mary was disappointed to receive a rose and Mary was disappointed to receive a flower ( perhaps she was expecting an orchid ? ) . |
| 2 | A number of tentative poems took shape , and five of them form the first section of The Prodigal Son . |
| 3 | She never knew which one of them made the first move , but suddenly , unaccountably , she was in his arms , his hands pressing against her back to draw her closer still . |
| 4 | ‘ Because it would be good for some of us to see the first moments of your great fame . ’ |
| 5 | With it came the first episode of Merseyside 's very own soap Brookside . |
| 6 | He takes the understandable view that it is for him to take the first steps in Russia , which he is doing to keep the scientists in Russia . |
| 7 | Hotspur hung back from him , and let him gather himself , waited , indeed , for him to make the first assay , and put it by when it was made with the utmost care and forbearance . |
| 8 | She wanted desperately to reach out to him , but she knew that she had to wait for him to make the first move . |
| 9 | It is up to them to make the first move . ’ |
| 10 | If he was at all interested it was up to him to make the first move . |