Example sentences of "[adv] the first [noun sg] [pers pn] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | come on because it would have been perhaps the first time I suppose it would n't be a |
| 2 | So although this is fifty pence when you show it on here the fir so the first thing we 've got to do is change this fifty pence to get away from fifty pence or thirty pence or twenty and change it into a fraction . |
| 3 | So the first thing we do is to change hands , that 's good , push , wait change sides , straighten up the tiller , look where you 're going that 's fine . |
| 4 | So the first thing we do is to change hands , then push , wait until the boom comes across and change sides and straighten up . |
| 5 | I said , well the important thing is Jan if you are like this you obviously did n't like , there 's no way I 'm going to meet her you 're obviously thinking it over I said so the first thing you 've got ta do is turn up on Monday and meet her cos erm , then well you 'll know . |
| 6 | So the first thing you do is turn off your gas . |
| 7 | Right so the first thing you do if we 're dealing with a hundred and fifty . |
| 8 | There are little tricks , for example , if it 's a time clause , when you think to yourself oh God it 's one of those lists , you sit down and calm yourself , take a Valium or whatever it is and just apply yourselves to that , right , what the next point is so the first thing I want you to do is stop at this time clause , when you realize it 's a time clause I want you to go trot trot trot trot trot trot trot trot trot trot trot trot trot trot to the main verb , alright ? |
| 9 | Yeah it says , I read the thing and it says I have n't got ta let them in unless they 've got a warrant so the first time they come they would n't have a warrant , surely , so they 're gon na have to go away and get a warrant and in that time then I 'd have to get a licence would n't I ? |
| 10 | Once again , now it does n't matter which way round you start , you can start left over right or right over left , but the second time you do it opposite to the first time , so the first time I put the left one over first and the right one over that and then tuck it through , just like tying a shoe lace really , okay ? |
| 11 | This was their sixth successive League victory , and though it was only the first time they have scored three goals in a game this season , everyone at Highbury knows it could have been seven . |
| 12 | For some people this is literally the first time they have thought about and felt sensual responses in their own body . |
| 13 | And if on your coming to England I am not the first person you look for , I shall be very hurt indeed ! |
| 14 | So that when they get to university , it 's not the first time away from home , it 's not the first time they 've got their money and so on . |
| 15 | This is not the first time we have spun coins ! |
| 16 | I heard you trying to persuade and then threaten this young lady to get her into your car , and it 's not the first time I 've witnessed such a thing . |
| 17 | But I thought also — this is not the first time I have fled for my life with this man , who is brave if he is also stupid . |
| 18 | ‘ No , but it is not the first time I have been in such a situation . |
| 19 | No , well certainly not the first time I play , it , I approach it when he thinks I 've finished , but it 's nowhere near , I mean |
| 20 | ‘ It 's not the first time you 've put your life at risk for the sake of a challenge and I 'm sure it wo n't be the last time either . ’ |
| 21 | " But this is not the first time you have been unwell , is it ? " |
| 22 | This is not the first time you have ventured comments without the necessity to drag them from you . ’ |
| 23 | ’ This is not the first time you have done this without thinking it necessary to warn us , other than by your late arrival . ’ |
| 24 | Somehow we are sure that this is not the first diet you have ever bought , or indeed the first time you have tried to lose weight . |
| 25 | ‘ I have to confess , you 're not the first woman I 've made love to . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ It is n't usually the first thing I tell people about myself , although the old dollies do have their ways of claiming my attention . ’ |
| 27 | Yeah , the first thing I 've ever the first time I 've shaved my legs , I forgot the water . |
| 28 | The 3-0 defeat of England is a first for India and it is also the first time they have recorded a 3-0 win against any other country . |
| 29 | Well the first question I want to ask you is how do you feel you got on in those presentations . |
| 30 | Well the first thing you do is start thinking of lots of possibilities you see . |