Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hugh liked him from the first ; and so do I like him , I like him very well . |
| 2 | It was in 1977 and ‘ 78 that McEvoy won this title before Ronan Rafferty beat him for the first ( and only ) time in nearly 30 matches for England . |
| 3 | Not until he was five years old did Endill meet him for the first time . |
| 4 | SEEING THE ARTICLE on the ‘ 109 in the July issue of FlyPast reminded me of the first time I saw it . |
| 5 | Igor Stravinsky met him for the first time in this year , and recalled how shy he seemed . |
| 6 | ‘ Craig hurt me in the first round , but Robert told me to work harder and it all went well . ’ |
| 7 | As David Lodge put it in the first issue of The Birmingham Magazine : |
| 8 | Eventually , Peter rid them of the first , hapless shop in San Francisco and , in 1981 , felt ready to open in New York . |
| 9 | Susan uses me for the first person pronoun [ G2 ] , and unmarked past tense [ G4 ] in tell , see , pick and run , and she has initial /t/ in ting , " thing " [ P17 ] . |
| 10 | The Campbells were waiting to greet him in the hall , and Elizabeth saw him for the first time . |
| 11 | Val left him for the first time since they had set up house , and went briefly ‘ home ’ . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's delicious , ’ Melissa assured her after the first mouthful . |
| 13 | Seaforth also tops the line 's efficiency league , ahead of European ports of call , and ACL uses it as the first and last calling point to take advantage of the growing links with the Mediterranean , Northern Europe , the Baltic States and Ireland . |