Example sentences of "[pron] first [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He says : ‘ I was stunned when I received my first royalty cheque . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | On the hustings in my first election campaign in February 1974 , the casualty list among officers of my association consisted of one broken nose , two black eyes and the lady chairman drenched by a bucket of water , which the candidate had ducked . |
| 4 | Then I did my first modelling job and got $400 for two hours ' work . |
| 5 | It was my first 6-day race and I came here to enjoy it with no plan or target , so I 'm very happy to have had such a successful run . ’ |
| 6 | So upon this , my third post-chapel ‘ chat ’ of my first Lent term , ‘ The boy who refused to be confirmed at a Woodard School ’ was launched , and the annual , ‘ All those who have n't been confirmed , stay behind after matins ’ was to go on for four more weary years . |
| 7 | My first simpliste proposition is this . |
| 8 | I was soon to take up my first teaching post in a Secondary School and he had called to ask if I were able to make use of a potter 's wheel which he could provide for the new Art room . |
| 9 | So was I. The expectant mother was sixteen years old and one of my students at the school in Barcelona where I was five months into my first teaching job . |
| 10 | For me , however , circumstances have changed somewhat since my first love affair with the States and my fascination has taken on a maturity that matches my years and experiences on the North American continent . |
| 11 | I must have been about fifteen when I received my first love letter . |
| 12 | About five weeks before that I had come home in my first university term , and got undressed for my bath in front of the bathroom mirror . |
| 13 | Maybe I can make it to my first home game in 15 years ! |
| 14 | In your letter dated Thu , 9 Dec 93 18:40:05 MET , you wrote : T was my first home game , Leeds vs Bradford one Wednesday evening , I can still remember the electric atmosphere at the ground . |
| 15 | My first solo flight |
| 16 | I have now had 20 lessons , and completed my first solo flight one evening at the beginning of March . |
| 17 | My effective vote could be my first preference vote , in which case all my other preferences are null and void . |
| 18 | It was Daphne who gave me my first art book , The Treasures of Italy , in exchange for several cream wafers , and from that day on I knew I had stumbled across a subject I wanted to study for the rest of my life . |
| 19 | Spookily enough , I had come full circle : I was back working for Alan Lewis , the man who 'd given me my first music press job — as his secretary at Sounds , back in ( gulp ) 1977 . |
| 20 | ‘ But I went back to my first dancing teacher who taught me when I was 12 and it was like five hours of physiotherapy every day . |
| 21 | I bought them from Marks and Spencer 's in Cambridge with my first salary cheque . " |
| 22 | My first winter route in Wales was grabbed in a midweek raid from the Lakes . |
| 23 | The candidate whose immediate queries are along the lines of , ‘ When will I get my first pay rise ? ’ , or ‘ Will I be able to go on holiday in July ? ’ will probably not be putting the job first and certainly lacks the good sense and tact to make it appear to be the priority . |
| 24 | My first sea journey |
| 25 | This was my first sea voyage of any length and I looked forward with mixed feelings to the life on board ship , alone and with a crowd of passengers unknown to me . |
| 26 | The visitor came from Surrey and brought with him a bat , which was duly presented to me — my first cricket bat ! |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | ‘ When I had my first heart attack 12 years ago I was terrified . |
| 29 | ‘ I came sixth and gained my first championship point ! ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I have n't since the way Lou Gent fought against me in my first title defence . ’ |