Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] [pron] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | I crept up to my first victim in the same way as I imagine a lion cub stalks it first wildebeest — clumsily . |
| 2 | And that was where at the age of sixteen , I turned up for my first job interview . |
| 3 | And so it was then , that on a cold , Tuesday October evening I set off for my first match … |
| 4 | I went up for my first term at York called Nigel and I came back as Oliver . |
| 5 | ‘ But I went back to my first dancing teacher who taught me when I was 12 and it was like five hours of physiotherapy every day . |
| 6 | In 1930 she set off on her first solo long distance flight and broke the record from England to Australia . |
| 7 | Central News South took to the airwaves in January nineteen eighty-nine and tomorrow night we look back over our first four years . |
| 8 | Later that day we went back to my first house . |
| 9 | ‘ When you consider the inexperience of the side they put out in their first Test against France , their 20–15 victory was remarkable . |
| 10 | Those placed in an ‘ express ’ stream had even less reason for preserving a broad curriculum : like myself and my contemporaries in Cardiff High School they rattled along to their first public examination ( O level after 1951 ) at the age of fifteen , and so secured the privilege of early entry — together with the possibility of some extra time — in the sixth form . |
| 11 | Graham refused to run with me after that and in India , as he builds up for his first attempt at the London Marathon next year , he can find some other mug to tramp the streets of Delhi or Bombay with him . |
| 12 | And Keith Rowland looked comfortable when he came on for his first cap in the second half … another lad who can do a useful job for Northern Ireland in years to come . |
| 13 | Brian Swan was first to the ball when Townsend 's penalty came off the right-hand post and Swan was also in support of the stand-off when he touched down for his first try . |
| 14 | This year he went out in his first heat at the Hard Rock . |
| 15 | Hamlin … all gone … so plenty for us to chew over in our first rugby review . |