Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [adv] [verb] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have already instanced the first chapter of Simenon 's Maigret 's Pickpocket , which consists of no more than a description of Maigret riding to work on a bus , as being as gripping as any chase sequence , from the absolute accuracy of the writing and its complete economy . |
| 2 | There are fourteen references to defence in the index of the old Government Commission files in Registry , and I have now wasted the first hour and a half of my working day checking through them all . |
| 3 | She has thereby taken the first step towards adult sexuality in developing a wish for a baby . |
| 4 | I guess it 's probably just that he glide up to the second part of the diphthong , has been displaced so you 've just got the first part of it left , |
| 5 | Hence the dress and hat which sent the photographers into ecstasy in Melbourne and generally created far more attention and comment than the match in which she had successfully defeated the first of her 1991 Grand Slam titles . |
| 6 | She remain uncertain still what was to be done with it , though she consoled herself with the thought that in entering the court of Le Grand Jeu and submitting to its verdict , she had already taken the first tentative steps . |
| 7 | Her last comment had sounded flippant , a little bitter , as if she begrudged the fact that he could afford all this , when in reality she had just said the first thing that had come into her head because he was close and because she had felt his love of the land and in doing so had glimpsed a part of him that was unknown , disturbing to her . |
| 8 | She had just stuck the first stamp on the envelope when a friendly voice behind her said : ‘ Can you manage all right , missy , or do you want a lift up ? ’ |
| 9 | If , when you left the machine , you had already knitted the first row of the cycle , when you return you 'll knit two more of the same row , making a total of three . |
| 10 | If you have already seen the first Wolfenstein get a copy of this today , if not , order Wolfenstein-3D on order code 3080 ( 2 Disks ) . |
| 11 | you have already seen the first part of that intent . |
| 12 | ‘ You have already forgotten the first rule . |
| 13 | Unfortunately life is not so simple , you have only passed the first hurdle . |
| 14 | You need only know the first , who is Alex Raneleigh , based in Brussels . |
| 15 | This awful and we 'd actually got the first window here which is which is . |
| 16 | We 've just finished the first round of waivers for people receiving the Home Care Service , and the criteria that I was giving you reflected those , and so when you get your letter , if you feel that you 've got particular financial problems or particular family situations we should take into account , erm then do get in touch with us and we 'll process it and we 'll set out a procedure for you in the letter that we send . |
| 17 | ‘ We have already taken the first steps towards that goal . |
| 18 | Note that in the above discussion we have carefully distinguished the first from the second operand . |
| 19 | We have also welcomed the first of the ‘ new blood ’ recruits , Dr Louise Yeoman , Curator F/E in Manuscripts . |
| 20 | I am pleased to be able to report to the hon. Gentleman that we have just had the first results of the monitoring arrangements for the implementation of community care and we are impressed with the practical schemes already being advanced to ensure that the frail and vulnerable , and particularly the chronically sick and disabled , receive the support that they need . |
| 21 | I suppose they must be , thought Lydia , shrugging , and wondering also whether the modern tendency , which was American in origin , to tell everybody everything before they 'd even got the first olive off the cocktail stick had percolated as far as here . |
| 22 | Graham Taylor 's sidekick said : ‘ He has already achieved the first step by playing in the friendly against Spurs and it will be a very big step to get into a competitive game where there will be no quarter given or asked . |
| 23 | Today he has also become the first man to drive across Langjökull , and the first to drive across Drangajökull . |
| 24 | The chance of it getting the first two letters-ME-right is the chance of it getting the second letter- E-right ( 1 in 27 ) given that it has also got the first letter — M — right , therefore 1/27 x 1/27 , which equals 1/729 . |
| 25 | Club member Harry Porter ( born 1902 ) was six when the course opened and he remembers dimly walking the first hole with the crowd . |
| 26 | He died within a year of taking up his new office , but by then he had successfully completed the first stage of the reduction of Wales which , according to his will , he expected to complete within his three-year term of office . |
| 27 | He had just turned the first furrow when a tiger walked up and said : " Peace be with you , friend . |
| 28 | It 's just found the first one , bombed out , told you to fix it . |