Example sentences of "[pers pn] [prep] first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She gently eased it off his lap , gave it a few licks and pushed it over to me for first bite . |
| 2 | It seems to me of first importance to confront this kind of question realistically and not to discredit one 's cause by refusing to admit that the clash exists . |
| 3 | What are you like first thing in the morning ? |
| 4 | When walking the course , it is important to note how each fence strikes you on first impression because this is how the horse will see it . |
| 5 | They will contact a special poisons information centre and advise you on first aid and medical treatment . |
| 6 | You may wish to take advantage of our special arrangement with British Rail , entitling you to first class return rail travel from your home town anywhere in mainland England , Scotland or Wales to Gatwick Airport . |
| 7 | Flat brush strokes and dragged ones were compared and there was a realization that ‘ … if you isolate any area of paint … you 're looking at a much more complex thing than you at first thought you were ’ . |
| 8 | ‘ I found you at first light this morning , ’ he said , getting up to take her half-empty plate . |
| 9 | I , I just have er I just have to drink a lot that 's you know put me in first class and full of drink |
| 10 | Me in first place and then somebody else . |
| 11 | European shareholders have ‘ pre-emption rights ’ which entitle them to first call on secondary offerings ; and underwriting is common practice for new issues , too . |
| 12 | It may be surprising , but when a cat brings a live mouse to her kittens — perhaps for them to first play with and then kill , or perhaps so that she can kill it while they watch — this is not considered by some experts to be a form of teaching . |
| 13 | We 've got no sighting of her after first thing Saturday morning . ’ |
| 14 | Let's have him in first thing . ’ |
| 15 | Should he mirror his international form at St James ' Park , manager Kevin Keegan may be tempted to restore him to first choice goalkeeper . |
| 16 | Kirov had missed him at first glance , understandably , for-the young pilot was clad in a pair of light grey slacks and a faintly-patterned blue sports shirt . |
| 17 | Reveille stirred him at first light , and after one last look at Tommy 's grave he returned to his platoon , to be informed that the Commanding Officer would be addressing the troops at zero nine hundred hours . |
| 18 | ‘ Did n't I tell you you 'd fall in love with her at first sight ? ’ |
| 19 | If the words had chilled her at first hearing it was more because of the cold light they cast on the woman 's most intimate life than for any reference to her own innocence . |
| 20 | ‘ From … from what I gathered from the nurse it was n't as serious as they at first thought . |
| 21 | Searelle invited artistes to contact him by first writing to John , who thus became responsible for their standards . |
| 22 | Put it into first gear and he said , and the light went out , he said oh yes that 's fine . |
| 23 | She had originally run it with first husband Stephen and then went to work at the Midland pub opposite Central station . |
| 24 | She had originally run it with first husband Stephen and then went to work at the Midland pub opposite Central station . |
| 25 | But a more historic example has recently emerged from a conservation programme to preserve it in first class static display condition for many years to come , this is Mk 1 Z2033/G–ASTL of the Skyfame Collection owned by the Imperial War Museum ( IWM ) and part of the collection of the historic aircraft at Duxford . |
| 26 | Any Member feeling himself or herself , aggrieved in any way in connection with the Society , shall bring his or her complaint to the Secretary , who will bring it before first meeting . |
| 27 | First , and rather obviously , subjects unfamiliar with a rather complex dynamic decision problem under risk have difficulty in coping with it on first acquaintance . |
| 28 | If it is readily intelligible so much the better ; but it is far more important that it should yield its meaning accurately than that it should yield it on first reading , and the Legal draftsman can not afford to give much attention , if any , to euphony or literary elegance … . |
| 29 | Consequently I was very interested to read the article ‘ Tower of Babel ’ by Tania V. Guha ( May/June 1992 ) since I realised that I could now without too much struggle understand most of it , or perhaps I should more truthfully say about 80 per cent of it on first reading . |
| 30 | If it is readily intelligible , so much the better ; but it is far more important that it should yield its meaning accurately than that it should yield it on first reading , and legal draftsmen can not afford to give much attention , if any , to euphony or literary elegance . |