Example sentences of "[verb] our first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Twice I asked Ward about this , the first time just after we had come out of the cloud on the eastern slope of the pass and had caught our first glimpse of Cajamarca far away in the valley below , and then again when we stopped at the Baños del Inca to ask our way , the hot springs steaming beside the public baths . |
| 2 | The Central Council of Physical Recreation helped to establish our first course in 1955 with an external examiner from the physical education profession joining internal adjudicators to ensure compatibility with nationally accepted standards at the qualifying examination . |
| 3 | ‘ A year after we started off , we purchased some ground and built our first accident repair centre . |
| 4 | We built our first pond this summer . |
| 5 | In Hungary , the process industry looked to us for safety advice and provided our first contract in Eastern Europe . |
| 6 | We fixed our first session for the following week , and with a little planning there could be a further session before I went back to Bristol for my first day return since being a resident . |
| 7 | I 'm glad you found our first Top to Tail so useful . |
| 8 | In 1990 we found our first chiff-chaff on the count of March 11 and in 1989 , two early sand-martins and a solitary wheatear on March 12 . |
| 9 | I remember clearly the first time he played our first single . |
| 10 | From Taupo we headed south-east through some wild and hilly country to Havelock North in Hawkes ’ Bay , to visit our first lot of friends , the McKenzies and Mrs Styles . |
| 11 | As we prepared our first Report , to be published in November 1988 , we wanted our document to be lively , to avoid bureaucratic jargon , and to impart enthusiasm for literature , so we included references to specific authors . |
| 12 | Herewith came our first culture shock . |
| 13 | But defiant Malone insisted last night : ‘ We will be fired up to reach our first final since 1974 . |
| 14 | First , Charlie remembering our first aid training in not giving me morphine , his quick thinking in turning the oxygen to full supply , and the Lord in granting my mother 's petition . |
| 15 | Unfortunately heavy monsoon rain caused our first game to be abandoned against Singapore CC Sunday XI — we were 87 for one off 12 overs ! |
| 16 | To evaluate our first impressions we examined transmission electron microscopy findings in 40 H pylori positive cases out of 94 randomised cases . |
| 17 | It was in the opening match of the 1934–35 season at Aldershot ( 2–2 ) , where the young amateur capped an impressive display by scoring our first goal of the season with a header on the half-hour . |
| 18 | Now the onset of summer drew near to marking our first year together and I began to sense a distinct cooling in Joe 's attitude to me . |
| 19 | However , during the fifteenth century changes were introduced and we see for the first time representations of corpses , cadavers and skeletons , and it is from these — usually to be found on memorial brasses , and particularly on those in East Anglia — that we acquire our first glimpse of the English shroud . |
| 20 | ‘ When would you like our first meeting ? ’ she said stiffly . |
| 21 | Should you become our first prize winner , we require to know in advance your first prize preference . |
| 22 | Should you become our first prize winner , we require to know in advance your prize preference . |
| 23 | At one point in the turbulence I felt certain I was going to be air-sick and the very thought was unsettling , because I knew we would have to write and file our first flight story from Calgary within an hour or two , and that story had to be sent , come what may , including sickness . |
| 24 | So I am wary as we begin our first rehearsal in the afternoon . |
| 25 | Back at the beginning of November we instigated our first car boot sale , which we reluctantly accept was less than a 110 per cent success . |
| 26 | discounting : it is argued that we attribute our first impressions to the person ( e.g. to a person 's traits or abilities ) , and later or more recent information to the situation ( e.g. the task , environment , influence of other people ) . |
| 27 | I well remember our first night with the aid of father-in-law we spent a long day moving ourselves in . |
| 28 | However , having overcome that obstacle we headed down the major road for Arad and despite the large pot holes which had to be avoided and the need to keep your eyes skinned for mobile hayricks ( horses and extremely overladen carts with no lights ) doing approximately 2 miles per hour , we arrived at our friends ' home in Arad at around 8.30 very relieved that we had reached our first destination . |
| 29 | My husband Peter and I started our collection when we were expecting our first child in 1945 . |
| 30 | ‘ My wife is expecting our first baby in January , ’ he replied shyly . |