Example sentences of "[pron] [pron] [vb past] first " in BNC.
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| 31 | In the examples she used , which were all in the empirical mode , it was the case that the event following because was the one which happened first . |
| 32 | She needed strength : her and Bernard 's nightly love play would go on for hours , limbs lurching and surging in some kind of gladiatorial combat as if the one who weakened first lost . |
| 33 | And so erm , it was n't as though these children ran across an open zebra crossing and she could see the children travelling er , walking or running all the way across the er er er er the pedestrian crossing the two children one was estimated by her to be about six years old , and the one who was actually knocked down was estimated by her to be about er , nine years old and she was n't travelling at any significant speed at all , she was travelling slowly because of the amount of traffic and she says that er the first she saw them was erm , appearing from the behind a car and dashing across the front of her car , and in fact , it was only the the the one who ran first the the older of the two children that she actually hit , she hit hit her with the near side front of er of her vehicle . |
| 34 | He was the one who had first asked her with rushed ineptitude , despite his having planned the question for months , ‘ Are you ever lonely ? ’ |
| 35 | The one who had first dealt with Karr bowed his head slightly , responding to Karr 's words . |
| 36 | That one we had first so |
| 37 | They booked time in several prestigious London studios and enlisted the help of producer Chris Allison , with whom they had first worked six months previously on ‘ My Favourite Dress ’ , but the recording began on a sour note and remained agitated throughout . |
| 38 | They remarked on the personal service , from the same senior consultant whom they had first met , comparing them with a larger firm who had acted in a heavy-handed way towards them and who had subsequently sent a junior consultant actually to handle the work , after they had dealt with the most senior partner at the beginning . |
| 39 | He knew the answer from the police-sergeant to whom he had first spoken . |
| 40 | He was a discreet consultant to King Hassan , whom he had first met when Hassan was a young prince . |
| 41 | Tolonen looked across at the boy , trying to see him as Spatz saw him ; as he himself had first seen him , before he had seen the films that demonstrated the boy 's abilities . |
| 42 | Mr Wardle promised a relaxation in checks which denied asylum to anyone who had first passed through another European country . |
| 43 | Back to what I said first — break a leg . ’ |
| 44 | That 's what I said first , I said ooh they 'd had a terrible job ! |
| 45 | ‘ When I first came up from Balclutha , Hilda said what I needed first was a good wife but Jan here said what I needed first was a couple of good horses . ’ |
| 46 | ‘ When I first came up from Balclutha , Hilda said what I needed first was a good wife but Jan here said what I needed first was a couple of good horses . ’ |
| 47 | I tidied it up , you did n't do what I wanted first . |
| 48 | She would not , was the gist of what she communicated first . |
| 49 | Of all the family Jacqueline had received the warmest welcome by the waiter , was always asked what she wanted first , and called Bellissima . |
| 50 | At this point , new but emotionally-related material should appear to capture our interest , and itself give way to what we heard first , which we greet with renewed interest . |
| 51 | What he had first taken for height he soon realized was a product of high — very high — heels , and he guessed that without the lifts she would be around five foot , pleasantly featured , with a round face and perfectly round brown eyes that looked almost serene until he realized how hard they were . |