Example sentences of "and [num] [prep] [art] first things " in BNC.

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1 Just at this time ( 1956 ) David Marsh came to work with me and one of the first things he said was ‘ Why do n't you build a proper tensile testing machine ? ’
2 ‘ One of the reasons for my downfall is that I am a rep for Taunton Cider , and one of the first things Yvonne told me was to keep off alcohol . ’
3 Graham Tregidon became WRU president at the annual general meeting in June and one of the first things he did was go into print in the next issue of the union 's newsletter to plead unity .
4 Enter Lucignano and one of the first things to immediately impress the first-time visitor is the peace and quiet of the town 's narrow streets and alleyways .
5 Johnny Lazar steps off the plane from the States and one of the first things he sees in London is a gangland killing … happens all the time .
6 Johnny Lazar steps off the plane from the States and one of the first things he sees in London is a gangland killing … happens all the time .
7 Johnny Lazar steps off the plane from the States and one of the first things he sees in London is a gangland killing … happens all the time .
8 I mean erm the , I mean , erm the closest I ever get to sort of news design is redesigning the Oxford University Press Gazette , and one of the first things when they said it 's got to go A four was well in that case you 've got to staple it , because you ca n't have thirty-two , sixty-four pages A four sort of doing that .
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