Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] first [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 You have to see them first hand .
2 ‘ There they are sorted and put back on the vehicles and re-delivered so that the franchisees can deliver them first thing in the morning . ’
3 ‘ Well , I ca n't say that I 've really earned this , ’ said John , taking a cup , ‘ but perhaps I can be forgiven my first day .
4 South bank as well 'cause that 's where I started , where I got my first board ever .
5 On the first Thursday , I got my first dose of an ‘ on-call ’ period .
6 Er and I , I do n't know whether that was where I got my first idea of being a nurse .
7 Alan explains : ‘ I got my first chance of management about 10 years ago when Ronnie McFall was in charge at the Oval .
8 And it was n't a shock when I got my first hit record because I was trying for that all our lives and so she backed me all the way .
9 When I got my first laser printer many moons ago , my bank manager almost had a heart attack .
10 ‘ I suppose I really understood what was at stake when I got my first glimpse of the castle , ’ she admitted , unable to disguise a rather wry smile .
11 I had really long hair once , it was way past my bum and when I got my first record deal they wanted me to have it all cut off — it was a total disaster .
12 I got my first taste of the Masters with Tom .
13 Like many visitors before me , I got my first taste of Greece on crete , the largest and most southerly of the Greek islands .
14 When I got my first job out of training it was at Worthing in a juvenile leading role and I got my Equity card because I had been chosen .
15 So I got my I got my first christmas present .
16 I first became involved with releasing barn owls into the wild about two years ago , shortly after i got my first breeding pair , Barny and Mrs Barny .
17 I was just let off for an afternoon to sit my first year Sociology exam and then I came into the hospital that was to be my home for the next three years .
18 What do you think my first question would be ?
19 I met my first boyfriend when I was in the fifth year at school , and we were together for six years .
20 I had just received my first commission from the world 's greatest rock read and I had less than 24 hours to deliver the goods .
21 When I was ten years old I was taken by my parents to see my first play at the Royal Theatre .
22 I 'm sure she wants you to extend the same warmth to her that you extend to me by using my first name . ’
23 I was 19 and still studying at RADA when I made my first TV appearance .
24 The front door was locked , and that was when I made my first acquaintance with a venerable traditional figure , the sereno , an old man with a stick , a big brass badge and a large bunch of keys .
25 In these labs I made my first acquaintance with physics , scattering iron filings on a paper placed over a magnet to produce a pattern which I then had to reproduce in an exercise book .
26 Having done my first sound broadcast in the Forties and made my first television appearance in 1952 , I can remember when Lord Reith 's belief that broadcasting 's prime function was to inform , to entertain and give all sides a chance to state their case , still reigned .
27 I was about fifteen ; I made my first record and I started playing in nightclubs and I had my first drink .
28 I brought a keyboard and an eight-track machine , and Juan and I set it up in my apartment on campus , even though we were n't supposed to play music loud.Then I made my first record , Triangle Of Love .
29 He goes on with self-glorifying statements like , ‘ I made my first tube amplifier in 1957 ’ .
30 ‘ My homesite was Cape Wrath but before I ever made my first flight a Man came and … ’ and he began to tell her his story , of the Zoo , of the Cages , of the Men there and his sudden escape … only leaving out mention of the other eagles in the Cages for in his heart he knew their pride would ask that he did not mention their names to a free eagle , nor would they wish for pity from outside .
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