Example sentences of "[pron] [art] first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was in this book that he was able to show me the first reference to the Santa Maria . |
| 2 | I had felt at the instant the idea suggested itself to me the first glimmer of positive thought : suddenly I knew I was not going to sink . |
| 3 | She came to see me the first night I was home , and we sat on the verandah , rather tongue-tied after such a long time , saying stupid things like : " Did you have a good trip ? " |
| 4 | He sent me the first Education sentimentale ; I was not greatly impressed , but how could I not praise it ? |
| 5 | In the end I got them to give me the first aid outfit and fixed myself up . |
| 6 | Where I used to live , when they evacuated me the first time . ’ |
| 7 | This was evident to me the first time I attended a Karajan rehearsal , and even more so in the first of our long conversations . |
| 8 | Certainly I always tried to remember the shocking effect which the sight of so many old prisoners , some of them bearded , all of them strangely dressed , had had on me the first time I arrived in a main camp . |
| 9 | These were Kirsty 's opening words to me the first time I saw her . |
| 10 | But I have never forgotten advice that my research adviser gave me the first time that I was pursuing a dead end : ‘ It is important to recognise when to quit . ’ |
| 11 | And then he described to me the first time he and Montaine had happened upon it . |
| 12 | ‘ Oliver Craddock wrote this down for me the first time I saw him and I 'd forgotten all about it , ’ he said . |
| 13 | ‘ And then set your thugs on me the first time my back 's turned . |
| 14 | ‘ I do n't usually let a bloke kiss me the first time , ’ she said . |
| 15 | ‘ It had the same effect on me the first time I saw it at night . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ You may remember that I begged you to make love to me the first time , Penry Vaughan ! |
| 17 | It did to me the first time we stayed . |
| 18 | He intimidates me the first time I ever talked to him was in the pub |
| 19 | And it was she who brought me the first evening paper . |
| 20 | One case was previously published and the second was in a patient in whom the first polyp was discovered and biopsied in December 1986 . |
| 21 | It brought closer Home Office control and local authority subsidy to reformatories for children for whom the first resort of probation had either failed or was thought inappropriate . |
| 22 | It is impossible to say with any degree of certainty exactly when , where or by whom the first pile rugs were made . |
| 23 | Also here is the tomb of San Saccaria , the founder of the Barnabites for whom the first church was built . |
| 24 | Enteroscopy has identified small intestinal lesions in a further 30–40% of patients in whom the first line investigations were normal . |
| 25 | Akram then edged just short of slip , and clearly a stiff examination was being set out there by Malcolm , to whom the first comeback wicket had been ‘ like a drink of water to a thirsty man ’ . |
| 26 | It is a safe bet to assume this competition will present no problems for them leaving them the first pipe band in history to collect every available award and go undefeated for the duration of the season . |
| 27 | Anglesey meanwhile , have two debutantes in their line-up one of them the first RAF Valley player to be selected for a decade . |
| 28 | Alejandro caught me stealing out to water them the first night . |
| 29 | He demonstrates his belief to the union that problems can be overcome , and if he fails to convince them the first time he 'll try again and again . |
| 30 | This makes them the first chain of salons in the U.K. specialising in both Afro and European hairdressing . |