Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [verb] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If I 'd gone first , the house would have come to you with ten thousand and the rest would have gone for research into glandular diseases . ’ |
| 2 | for one thing , if we 'd taken one of their houses and I 'd died first , my wife would of been left without a home |
| 3 | I decided to speak first to the father , because he was blind , and would not be frightened by my terrible face and body . |
| 4 | He fell back , but the other man , the one I had seen first , came running forward . |
| 5 | I had conquered first Aix , then Paris . |
| 6 | I had to give first aid treatment when needed and issued simple medicines , which included ‘ Miss Alba ’ , a white elixir effective in the eradication of constipation . |
| 7 | I was at this time that I renewed my acquaintance with Herbert Read , whom I had met first at Oxford in the company of Nevill Coghill . |
| 8 | I had got first prize for guitar at the Melody Maker contest and soon I was selling stories and now I find my principal interest is still p H. |
| 9 | Mum asked me to ice his birthday cake while they were out and decorate it with chocolate leaves which I had to make first . |
| 10 | I had come first in our exams and tests . |
| 11 | To answer these questions about life I had to learn first about death . |
| 12 | ‘ But what would have happened if you 'd gone first ? |
| 13 | At first she had travelled first class and stayed in only the best hotels , but McKenna had found her with no trouble at all . |
| 14 | Afterwards she was never sure what she had noticed first : Teodor 's enormous size , loud voice , even louder laugh , or Sophie 's nearly equal bulk , plump , cushionlike . |
| 15 | the idea was there and the structure and everything was there it was just that you had n't actually explained what you had to do first , you know , to come back with the erm recommendations erm but you did , you did get the date confirmed to come back for the second appointment which was good . |
| 16 | Ruth was n't sure what part of that statement she wanted to tackle first , if any . |
| 17 | But there was one thing she wanted to do first . |
| 18 | She must tackle him herself , although there was someone else she wanted to see first . |
| 19 | You were n't willing to do a good turn for your sister without being bribed with a lollipop , and even then you left the posting of the letter because you wanted to go first to Horsfall Woods for your own pleasure . |
| 20 | A senior citizen is one who was here before the pill , before television , frozen food , credit card and ballpoint pens , for us timesharing meant togetherness , not computers and a chip meant a piece of wood , hardware meant hardware and software was n't even a word , teenagers never wore slacks , we were before pantyhose , drip-dry clothes , dishwashers , clothes driers and electric blankets , we got married first and then lived together |
| 21 | We went steaming first to work up an appetite . |
| 22 | ‘ If we had scored first , it would have been a better game because it would have forced them to come at us . |
| 23 | If everything we attempted succeeded first time , what challenges would be left ? |
| 24 | fight to the last man They started firing first . |
| 25 | Hope in his draft bluntly stated that it ‘ can not recommend the appointment of Messrs. Coe and Hofland , although they had obtained first prize ’ . |
| 26 | It was the first suitable wind free morning since they had reached first jump status , and this was it . |
| 27 | He made telling first half stops and saw his forwards come close to securing three points . |
| 28 | Over the course of the period between 1529 and 1559 , the English church experienced a number of dramatic changes in its nature and status ; starting out as a branch of the international Roman Catholic church , it moved to become first an independent , schismatic Catholic church , and later a unique , hybrid Protestant church . |
| 29 | Here he 'd smelt the air of England for the first time , the crisp October air ; here he 'd fed first , drunk first ; first had cause for laughter , and later , for tears . |
| 30 | It voted to hear first a report on the state of the Russian Federation by the outgoing Chairman of the Russian Council of Ministers , Aleksandr Vlasov . |