Example sentences of "be [verb] it [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Often the man is the only breadwinner and without him the family has to rely on state benefits — the social security system can be horrendous if you 're using it for the first time . |
| 2 | We we 're keeping it under the first weight bracket er for for cost reasons . |
| 3 | Yeah if you have to moan about that you should n't be driving it in the first place . |
| 4 | Before leaving he stood for a moment at the door and let his eyes range round the room as if he were seeing it for the first time . |
| 5 | If you were seeing it for the first time , what impressions would you receive ? |
| 6 | She guessed Ursula 's diamond-encrusted eternity ring had inflicted the damage and recalled being shown it for the first time nearly ten years ago . |
| 7 | She made it sound as if she were saying it for the first time . |
| 8 | The expletive sounded strange to the sergeant on Blanche 's lips , as if she were hearing it for the first time . |
| 9 | Consequently the company is touting it as the first hub to support seamless migration from direct-attached to Token Ring-attached devices . |
| 10 | O over this election , what you 've got ta do is every night , is if you 're interested is watch it for the first quarter of an hour of the news every night . |