Example sentences of "first [noun sg] [pron] [vb past] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a slow first hour I started to get a few better fish , roach and skimmers . |
| 2 | On his first excursion he 'd seen a Mercedes parked outside so he 'd turned back , returned to his hotel room further down The Street . |
| 3 | The first body they passed had a piece of paper pinned to its blanket , Smith , Maisie . |
| 4 | If Tim were guilty and told her so , he would not be the first person who had admitted a crime to a journalist . |
| 5 | In the first year they decided to dig a boating pond . |
| 6 | Visits supervisor Jenny Wallace said of the group : ‘ This was the first time we had welcomed a party from the Salvation Army . |
| 7 | Their 4-1 defeat by Australia here last year was the first time they had lost a one-day series at home . |
| 8 | It was the first time I had seen a ship built from scratch and it was quite an experience to watch the steel plates being cut by their ingenious machine which controlled a cutter as it drew our the required shapes direct from the blueprint , converting everything to full scale as it cut . |
| 9 | And they started that and they were sent out to this big villa and er that was the first time I had seen a continental headboard and er we could n't understand what it was you know . |
| 10 | It was the first time I had taken a close look at him . |
| 11 | This was the first time I had used a vauDe tent and I was impressed with its performance . |
| 12 | That was the first time I 'd seen a man 's penis so clearly and my mouth and throat went dry . |
| 13 | Another 48 Hours was done out of fear because Harlem Nights was the first time I 'd had a movie that flopped . |
| 14 | Anyway , my worst fears about Barny were confirmed the first time I tried to put a leash on him . |
| 15 | Preston denied this with some zest , pointing out that it was the first time he 'd thrown a punch at anyone since his days in the ring with Cobber the kangaroo . |
| 16 | It was the red-haired left-hander 's first win over the squash legend , the first time he had played a match lasting an hour and 50 minutes at this level and won , and the first time he can ever have gambled so audaciously as he did at 13-13 in the final game . |
| 17 | It was the first time he had conceded a game since building the device three years earlier . |
| 18 | It was the first time he had loved a carpet , and now he found himself looking at carpets in shop windows . |
| 19 | I watched , fascinated , for this was the first time he had confronted a murderer with a plausible explanation but very little proof . |
| 20 | He felt as he had in Oxford , the first time he had taken a girl out with a packet of French letters in his wallet . |
| 21 | It was the first time he had taken a real look at the premises from the back . |
| 22 | It was the first time he had brought a girl home and both he and Janine were nervous . |