Example sentences of "got the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dad got the first cheque through the post today . |
| 2 | Underwood got the first try , following a searing diagonal run by Heslop , and then returned the compliment by giving Heslop the scoring pass for the second . |
| 3 | … half the year had gone , the clear smoke-free distances of early summer a thing of the past , and midsummer day over , before I got the first clue . |
| 4 | ‘ You do n't know where Mrs Howard got the first clue about this ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I got the first ferry I could after I heard … |
| 6 | We set off , stopped at random , pottered around , changed our plans , and got the first crossing from a port we had n't arrived at . |
| 7 | Captain Fuchs got the first warning seven minutes after leaving Schiphol airport at 6.22 Sunday evening . |
| 8 | Middle of the following week and we got the first reconciliation yesterday . |
| 9 | until we got the first order . |
| 10 | It was at this moment , with a faint feeling that made the hair on his head prickle , that Coffin got the first intimation that even if it was not his case , he himself was in it . |
| 11 | He got the first laugh of the show , a big one . |
| 12 | anyway the girl said well I 'll ring first to see where you get your application form she , and the , Sue phoned and was on the other end and I said oh you should apparently you 've got have erm , er , application form and Mrs going to send you one , I said is that Mrs on the line she said is that Mrs speaking , she said yeah , I said will you tell it 's Mrs she said oh , well , tell Mrs she 's no need to apply I 've got all her details and she is being looked at , you know , we are looking into it anyway erm , as I say I had this letter just after Christmas to say that there was a job coming up at the Mencap at Wellingborough Road , Rushden , and I was being selected and erm would I go up for the informal interview on the Monday and the formal interview at the hospital the next morning , so I went up got the first person there and er she , she , it 's a new , it 's an old house but they 've done it all up and there all papers on the floor and then she said oh I think I 'll pick these up Ir Irene , I said oh call me Joy everybody does and she said alright , OK , I said oh I 'll help you so of course I said , I went straight down with her on the floor picking all these papers up and she , and when the next person come she said poor old Joy ai n't even got in the door and that 's it , she 's already working and she said I can see you 're like me Joy you 'll do a job when you see it 's got ta be done , I said I 've always been the same , I ca n't , I ca n't see a spoon or a bit of paper laying on the floor |
| 13 | It was a woman who got the first question in , her voice rising shrilly above the others . |
| 14 | Garry Nelson got the first goal for Charlton a real scramble , after Steve White had accidentally headed against his own post . |
| 15 | Leroy May got the first goal … that set the fans dancing … and United went thro on penalties … it was one of their best nights of the year … |
| 16 | Could n't believe it when they got the first goal after ten seconds |
| 17 | I remember being thrilled when I got the first whicker of recognition from my horse and most people feel happier and more confident riding a horse they know — even if it is n't well behaved ! |
| 18 | Mr Gibson said : ‘ My wife Pat phoned to tell me what happened and I just packed my bag and got the first flight . ’ |
| 19 | However , I had hardly got started before I got the first complaint . |
| 20 | That Aldus got the first version so nearly right is a considerable tribute to their talents . |
| 21 | It was on one of Mike 's rest days , when I went along with Christophe to do some sound recordings , that we got the first view of what was to become an obsession for Mike and me over the next two and a half years . |
| 22 | I got the first shot in : one good punch . |