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 . |