Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] [vb past] [prep] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | So we went into the first preview , in front of an audience , with plenty of confidence . |
| 2 | ‘ When they came in they talked of the first team and it seemed an offer I could n't refuse ; with hindsight , I should never have gone . ’ |
| 3 | Soon he came upon the first of the Regent 's horsemen , Douglases to a man , riding back and forward , to form a cordon cutting off the castle . |
| 4 | She had n't missed him at all when he died , but now she realized for the first time that she had lost her father . |
| 5 | A month ago he had come to see her and now she understood for the first time that what he had said to her then would change her life . |
| 6 | There were things he consciously noticed about people which he brought to mind long after he had ceased to watch them , but now he noted for the first time that she had very small feet — they could have belonged to the oriental he had imagined her to be through the sun haze . |
| 7 | Then I laughed at the first of Danny Kelly 's many amusing jokes , met The World 's Greatest Rock Photographer , realised there was no NME clique , and knew I 'd found my spiritual home . |
| 8 | Then I bit into the first slice of bread ; home made , plastered thickly with farm butter and topped by a lavish layer of heather honey from the long row of hives I had often seen on the edge of the moor above . |
| 9 | She had told me how they met at a First Spiritualist Church ‘ Convert the Heathen ’ session outside the Anglican church in putney . |
| 10 | There he met with the first Dragon Prince of Caledor , Caledor Dragontamer , greatest of the High Mages of old . |
| 11 | ‘ Ca n't think how he escaped in the first place , ’ complained the Home Secretary . |
| 12 | The moment I heard there were rumours that the PLO is willing to be more moderate , that 's when I went on the first plane and went to Tunis . |
| 13 | This was when I learnt for the first time how experts conducted dealing for Jim came from a family of dealers . |
| 14 | Once you begin lying , it is hard not to go on because it is impossible to explain why you lied in the first place . |
| 15 | More than likely , you came out of the cinema wondering why you went in the first place . |
| 16 | Comfort eating and disliking yourself are two classic symptoms of depression , so try to work out why you started in the first place . |
| 17 | Again she went over the first few days of their itinerary in her mind . |
| 18 | Again we discussed in the first chapter a little of why such questions get asked at this stage . |