Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [adv] the first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I walked down the first fairway in a relaxed and peaceful mood , despite my early departure from my bed . |
| 2 | so we set off going and I thought well the first ones were , did n't ask for a proof of doing it , just asked to do it |
| 3 | I said , well the important thing is Jan if you are like this you obviously did n't like , there 's no way I 'm going to meet her you 're obviously thinking it over I said so the first thing you 've got ta do is turn up on Monday and meet her cos erm , then well you 'll know . |
| 4 | I had n't the first idea what she meant . |
| 5 | I had not the first notion of mechanics , but you with your capable hands worked on the machine until , after running with it , pushing it along , we were able to make the engine tick over again . |
| 6 | Jinny was paralysed until Keith prodded her and she choked out the first words . |
| 7 | In the darkness , under cover of which they had been kissing cuddling so much ( with his hand inside her blouse ) that she had not the first idea what the film was about , he took her hand and guided it down to his lap . |
| 8 | She ran down the first flight of stairs , and then turned and dragged herself back to the flat . |
| 9 | Lisa dived in hungrily , spreading butter and honey on a croissant , and reflecting as she washed down the first bite with coffee that it was even more delicious than it looked . |
| 10 | She picked up the first box of jars and went back to the room . |
| 11 | That should shake the audience to attention , she thought , as she picked up the first book . |
| 12 | She dived down the first alleyway , until she came to the window beside the white door with the red strip on the step . |
| 13 | She held out the first page of the manuscript file for him to read . |
| 14 | Back at Napo , the young cocoa trees in the nursery were growing well , and in February 1981 we planted out the first trees in our ‘ gene bank ’ . |
| 15 | Overall , however , the expedition was a great success : ‘ Most of our aims were achieved , as — among other objectives — we confirmed the presence of five threatened species of mammal , we carried out the first study of bats in the area , and we gathered valuable information on the flora of the area , including the discovery of a new species , ’ she continued . |
| 16 | They walked down the first flight of stairs in silence . |
| 17 | This was a short-lived club , but important if only for the fact that it drew up the first Breed Standard in 1901 . |
| 18 | He turned up the first day of the term , picked up his grant , bought a guitar with it and then disappeared ‘ till the start of the next term and that term 's grant cheque . |
| 19 | He turned down the first street he came to , turned left , right , left again , he walked down a hill , along an alley , through a deserted square , but still he could n't find one anywhere . |
| 20 | Then Lebensraum became available in Venice in the Sixties , when he took on the first floor of the Palazzo Malpiero Trevisani in Campo Santa Maria Formosa . |
| 21 | This regime , however , did not always guarantee a satisfactory result , as in the case of the tower he added to Wroxton church , Oxfordshire ( 1747–8 ) , the top stage of which rapidly collapsed — as Walpole pointedly reported : ‘ Mr Miller … unluckily once in his life happened to think rather of beauty than of the water-tables , and so it fell down the first winter ’ — but that does not seem to have affected his popularity . |
| 22 | He disputed Lenin 's contention that imperialism constitutes the last stage of capitalism , arguing that in Latin America it represented only the first stage . |
| 23 | The vehicle shot forward , and as it did so the first rocks from above came hurtling down onto the track just behind us . |
| 24 | He ran down the first alleyway he came to , across the next street , over gardens and waste ground , and finally slowed to a stop , listening to the still night . |
| 25 | An indefatigable , largely single-handed , compiler and one who aimed essentially at making bibliographical and other information available , he published privately the first edition of his A World Bibliography of Bibliographies in 1939 ; this work , constantly enlarged , was to make his name a household word with librarians worldwide . |
| 26 | Satan , in his accustomed place in the lead , came to a stop as he picked up the first trace of man-scent . |