Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [noun] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our informants had a well-articulated theory of the relation between ‘ work-in-school ’ and success in a life career that allowed them to see work-in-school as the first rung of their adult moral careers . |
| 2 | But , you see , with all this , and , indeed , before all this , the two happiest relationships of my life were with a schoolfriend called Melanie Smith with whom I used to listen to records of Carousel and Oklahoma ! on an old , wind-up gramophone , and with the hockey-ball when I became goalie of the first eleven . |
| 3 | Allow myself to be spirited off to Germany where I assassinate Hitler at the first opportunity ? ’ |
| 4 | When I met Francis on the first occasion in that throne room , life had not turned sour for him . |
| 5 | Erm , I met Mr for the first time in the airport lounge at , erm er , er , Kennedy Airport erm , we discussed at great length and had a very interesting discussion erm , er , Pearsons erm , he accepted er , the job and h I , he has no obligation to me whatsoever and he is one of the er , members of the er , remuneration committee , and I actually take offence at what you 're saying . |
| 6 | I rode Drifter with the first lot in the morning and crashed off on to the wood chippings halfway up the gallop . |
| 7 | ‘ I told Cadogan after the first hour . |
| 8 | So I put teddy in the first |
| 9 | I meet Perry for the first time at the Starry Arms in Kentish Town . |
| 10 | I attend college for the first time in weeks . |
| 11 | I think that evening I felt instinct for the first time — what not to do and what to do . |
| 12 | ‘ I saw Siena for the first time in Autumn , ’ said Tom Tedder , with a catch in his voice . |
| 13 | He immediately took me up the tower , and — stepping out onto the balcony — I saw Oxford for the first time . |
| 14 | When I saw Jekub for the first time I thought , OK , this is what he used . ’ |
| 15 | I saw Begampur for the first time on a hot evening in early May . |
| 16 | Er yeah and I think people in the first term are quite attracted to it because it does n't seem to have much on the timetable erm |
| 17 | This emerges in the form of a dreary Swedish mantra along the lines of ‘ He tried to beat mee , but I beat heem , and so I won Weembledon for the first time . ’ |
| 18 | I had problems in the first half against Scotland . |
| 19 | That 's why I left SIS in the first place . ’ |
| 20 | As for the children of the unskilled workers , relatively few of them secured entry in the first place , and even those tended to do badly : only one in twenty survived to enter for two subjects at A level . |
| 21 | The project aims not only to resettle youngsters who struggle to lay down roots in the capital , but to stop them heading South in the first place . |
| 22 | Terrapins have been left here and in similar ponds around the country by bored pet owners for years , but the numbers have been growing thanks to children who have tired of the Teenage Mutant Hero Turtle craze that led them to buy terrapins in the first place . |
| 23 | Perverse conditioned psychological needs require some of our best thinking to solve — but then we should n't have let them become habits in the first place . |
| 24 | Honest , lovey , ’ the dresser said as she helped Constance into the first dress . |
| 25 | She was five and a half when she entered school for the first time . |
| 26 | She drew breath for the first time in three and a quarter hours . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm afraid this tunic is a little on the tight side , ’ she told Marianne at the first fitting of her costume , after tugging ineffectually at the zip on the shimmery silver material . |
| 28 | Did n't you hear tales of the first settlers from your father ? |
| 29 | If you selected SKIRT from the first menu , the second menu will show a choice of skirt types , otherwise it will show a choice of SLEEVE/ARMHOLE types . |
| 30 | She represented Austria in the first European Women 's Bridge Championship of 1935 ( winning it , and the next in 1936 ) . |