Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [adv] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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1 | And another good old word is the crome , now er that was one I came across for the first time when I came into Suffolk , the crome . |
2 | I remember he laughed and I noticed properly for the first time what a lovely blue his eyes were and a little thrill went through me . |
3 | Zak , I improvised instantly at the first enquiry , had thought the gaunt man had an interesting face and he wanted to ask if he could use him in a scene . |
4 | In the meantime , as I recall , er I I asked him who he was and I asked his wife who he was because he had asked what we were doing in his house and when he said his house , I thought then for the first time that perhaps this was n't who er we had on the floor . |
5 | I went yesterday for the first time . |
6 | One company director — then unconverted — whom I took there for the first time one Tuesday had this reaction : ‘ All my life I have been longing without knowing it to hear preaching like this . ’ |
7 | And when I left home for the first time , it suddenly occurred to me that there was no reason why I should n't change it . |
8 | I have right from the first . |
9 | But if more deaths among the female goats resulted from the aberrant male breeding behaviour in this population , what caused them to behave so in the first place ? |
10 | ‘ Tell me how you got here in the first place . ’ |
11 | She realised now for the first time that she had left her purse behind in Edward 's room . |
12 | ‘ If you believe that , why did you stay here in the first place ? ’ |
13 | ‘ She received a very serious wound to the stomach and two slashes to her arm , apparently inflicted as she staggered away after the first attack . |
14 | ‘ I did n't ask you to come here in the first place , and I certainly did n't ask for your help out here . |
15 | When you walk you wait there for the first time do n't you ? |
16 | She came across for the first time today , I was out egg yard getting some eggs |
17 | On the other hand , she did not feel that she could refuse him , because if she refused him , by what right and for what purpose had she gone there in the first place ? |
18 | She went home for the first time after twelve weeks … but she 's been in and out of the unit constantly ever since . |
19 | She spoke truthfully for the first time and said she had n't any more of it — which was a direct admission that she had had it in the first place . |
20 | obviously but I think you need clearly in the first instance to use that |
21 | Well , why did n't you say so in the first place ? ’ |
22 | We played late on the first day and I went round in the morning spotting the pin positions , trying to get a feel for the course so I could give the right information to Nick . |
23 | ‘ I think we did well in the first game at Ibrox , despite the result . |
24 | We bore right at the first gate — the left track leads up to a farmhouse — and later , along a grassy track with pine forest on the left , right again , where a dry stone wall creates a Y-junction . |
25 | I was confident I could wear her down eventually , but I certainly never expected her to come across at the first time of asking . |
26 | No , they say sadly to the first question ; and Yes , most definitely , to the second . |
27 | He said they played well in the first half , but then things went wrong in the second half , when Orrell had a bit of luck in scoring after a knock on . |
28 | To all of them , Fry is Barnet , and without him there , few will have good reason to stay at Underhill , particularly as they alleged publicly for the first time yesterday that chairman Stan Flashman had physically threatened them . |
29 | The interviewees ' subjective evaluations of the service provided by the Drugs Council are intimately related to the reason why they went there in the first place . |
30 | ‘ Sadly , it seems that some young people find it difficult to adjust when they leave home for the first time . ’ |