Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [prep] first " in BNC.
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| 31 | Pushing it into first , she was just about to let off the handbrake when he opened the passenger door and awkwardly lowered his length into the small car . |
| 32 | Any Member feeling himself or herself , aggrieved in any way in connection with the Society , shall bring his or her complaint to the Secretary , who will bring it before first meeting . |
| 33 | Now the tickets are four quid each , you can get 'em on the door , but if you 'd like two tickets , phone us on , we 'll send 'em by first class post , we need your postcode , give us a ring now , if you 'd like two tickets for the grand charity dance , modern , old-time and sequence featuring Phil , resident organist at the Tower Ballroom Blackpool . |
| 34 | ‘ I thought he 'd saved it at first and was turning to run back to defend when it popped out and over the line . |
| 35 | It is so easy to overdo it at first so please be gentle with yourself . |
| 36 | People might do it at first , there might be like an epidemic of wow it 's so cool we can smoke at school |
| 37 | She had seen it at first hand , treated children who were victims . |
| 38 | It must have been there all the time , sitting motionless and staring straight at me from the far edge of the level area of the Grounds , but I had n't noticed it at first . |
| 39 | it did n't like them at first , because she felt that they were very rough and uncouth . |
| 40 | It was a closely fought struggle in Grade Three between the two Ballynahinch teams , with just one point separating them for first and second places , with the ‘ B ’ set just edging into the lead for top honours . |
| 41 | He did n't like me at first . |
| 42 | Start by using each yarn for two rows of weaving — it can seem quite difficult to organise them at first , but you will soon start to be able to do this more quickly . |
| 43 | He said , ‘ There was such a crowd round the chap on the table I could n't see him at first . |
| 44 | Ah did n't see him at first . |
| 45 | I did n't see her at first . |
| 46 | You may have to help him at first , but as he progresses , he can tackle more complicated puzzles . |
| 47 | I did n't believe him at first . |
| 48 | I admired her at first , wanting to help the slaves . |
| 49 | Girfriend Zoe had told him at first that she had seen punches being exchanged betweeen the two , then that she had not , but he said she was confussed and highly distressed . |
| 50 | She had originally run it with first husband Stephen and then went to work at the Midland pub opposite Central station . |
| 51 | She had originally run it with first husband Stephen and then went to work at the Midland pub opposite Central station . |
| 52 | I could n't believe it at first that the problem was so simple ; in fact I walked out of that lesson without any pain at all … the first time for twenty months . |
| 53 | I could n't believe it at first : I 'd been so careful . |
| 54 | I did n't believe it at first . |
| 55 | I could n't believe it at first . |
| 56 | I did n't really believe it at first , er , and then I received couple or more phone calls from er various people in the industry who er , who were aware of it and started to congratulate me , and then I realised that it was the truth , that er I really did have a big hit record once again with Blue Velvet . |
| 57 | She hated it at first , she would n't drive it . |
| 58 | But she hated it at first . |
| 59 | You did n't see it at first , but you saw if you held you head at the right angle . |
| 60 | Robert could not understand it at first , but , after he put his ear back to the window , it resolved itself into two syllables : |