Example sentences of "[pers pn] [prep] [pron] first " in BNC.
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| 31 | Bombay boys Kambli , Amre and Sachin Tendulkar totalled 359 runs between them in their first Test appearances on their home ground . |
| 32 | ‘ France has her eyes on you , ’ he had told them in his first Order of the Day , and the troops had their eyes on Pétain ; even though for the best part of a week they were not actually to see the new commander in person . |
| 33 | She thought about them a lot , wondering how it was going for them on their first real day on active service ; the first day , she supposed , of the rest of their lives — of the duration , at least . |
| 34 | After settling the children into their hotel , the team took them on their first visit — to Disney 's Magic Kingdom , a giant playground of spectacular rides . |
| 35 | The old retainer who had received them on their first visit tried to help but Cranston pushed him gently away , saying it was a holiday and besides he was here at Sir Richard 's request to pursue his inquiries privately . |
| 36 | As show jumper and trainer John Bunyan told me on our first lesson ( see next month 's diary ) : ‘ You have to work out the difference between ‘ Ca n't ’ and ‘ Wo n't ’ . |
| 37 | Lady Diana stayed on and accompanied me on my first walk with the pram out of the garden . |
| 38 | She named the same two hand-maids who had been with me on my first visit . |
| 39 | It was the latter who inspired me on my first day at the tech . |
| 40 | Correcting this at home takes a minute or two with needle and thread — but I did n't have a sewing kit with me on my first outing . |
| 41 | The weather signs in the sky of the previous evening had foretold correctly but the Ben had been kind to me on my first ascent . |
| 42 | Molly congratulated the 16 successful candidates at this year 's examination , presented certificates to those who were present and welcomed them to their first training day as qualified teachers . |
| 43 | He moved on to build up quite a successful sub-post office , yet still people remember him for his first novel ’ |
| 44 | It was Alan 's wife who entered him for his first rally and he enjoyed it so much he decided to continue . |
| 45 | One of his red-letter days was the time we took him for his first ride in our newly acquired Rolls-Royce . |
| 46 | In the first issue , Owen finds out he has diabetes and we follow him through his first visit to the doctor and then at the hospital , as he learns how to manage diabetes so that he can go on living a normal life . |
| 47 | To this the Queen returned a gracious reply which while maintaining the full impartiality of the Crown encouraged me to continue to do my best to serve her as her First Minister . |
| 48 | The scrutineers will proceed to add the number of first preference votes received by each candidate , eliminate the candidate with the lowest number of first preference votes and redistribute the votes of those giving him as their first preference amongst the two remaining candidates in accordance with their second preference . |
| 49 | As she gathered up the bedding and cushions she had hung out of the windows to air before the evening earth began to exhale dew , she wondered whether she should fetch out her best mantilla , the white lace her mother had given her for her first communion , which she never wore because it seemed so showy , and had n't worn even yesterday for the Easter Mass . |
| 50 | His wife of 37 years , Nesta , stood by him during his first public humiliation . |
| 51 | The wicked mood of triumphant secret freedom which had come to her after her first performance of careful deliberate lying to Jack had , for the moment at any rate , left her . |
| 52 | He remembered , suddenly , how she had looked when he had seen her after her first shock treatment , her lips bitten and bruised . |
| 53 | Away to his right the lighthouse stood on its rocky island like a picture in a story book and it all reminded him of his first holiday by the sea at the age of seven . |
| 54 | It now reminded him of his first visit to DEEP . |
| 55 | Here , at Sally 's instigation , were many of the things Harriet remembered and loved from her childhood and growing-up years — the rosettes she had won with her pony , her graduation dress , her old collection of Osmond and Jackson records , her early attempts at photography , proudly framed , a pressed flower that reminded her of her first proper date . |
| 56 | The star was shapeless and the candle spattered with glue reminding her of her first efforts . |
| 57 | Even when Liverpool won the FA Cup in May to present him with his first trophy , Kenny Dalglish still held a significant place in the hearts of the Kop . |
| 58 | There is a fine monumental effigy of him with his first wife in the church in Charlton , where he was buried 25 July 1598 . |
| 59 | These , when they hatch , provide her with her first work force . |
| 60 | Dr John Foley would have been proud to drive his eldest son up to Earlsfort Terrace and wave him into his first day at university . |