Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then I found first gear and stomped on the accelerator . |
| 2 | Sedgemore said : ‘ I joined first class rugby late but I am enjoying life with Cardiff . |
| 3 | If I took First B. Mus. at the College I could go to Oxford and take Second B. Mus. there , and afterwards write my Exercise — as that was financially possible for them . |
| 4 | Sandy and I took first turn ashore . |
| 5 | Erm I did first science exam a little while ago |
| 6 | Yes , I won first prize ! |
| 7 | I won first prizes for the best garment and for the most knitted in my class . |
| 8 | I said first time I came . |
| 9 | Until six weeks ago I had first class service , then , suddenly , the crankshaft snapped . |
| 10 | so you read first right |
| 11 | She found first gear and was about to let the clutch out when suddenly he was at the door beside her . |
| 12 | A MOTHER 'S instinct told Ada Hutchinson her son had been involved in a road accident the moment she heard first radio reports about the smash one Sunday morning . |
| 13 | At 109 and 110 she flew first class on Concorde to New York . |
| 14 | She loved to walk out into the villages where she would sit round the fire or outside a hut shelling peanuts with a family , so that she learned first hand many of the African customs and quickly mastered the language . |
| 15 | and er , she said my eyes really sparkled she said first time I 've seen them sparkle for a long while so I was right chuffed about that . |
| 16 | Now for another session of free sailing — filling in the places you missed first time . |
| 17 | Yeah , we er , we won the , the losers trophy twice , we got first round trophy , got knocked out the first round to go to that , me , half , half the decent teams were knocked out in the first round , you know , we were , we were playing sort of , that , that was , nine times out of ten that was the real cup , I mean we , we were up against the league champions once |
| 18 | ‘ We won first prize . |
| 19 | We had first hand experience . |
| 20 | We travelled first class , still something of a treat , and had the carriage to ourselves . |
| 21 | If they beat First Division Maesteg at the Arms Park on December 19 , Cardiff will face the winner of Narberth and St Peter 's . |
| 22 | They won first prize at the Hampshire Technology Fair in the ten to eleven year group . |
| 23 | was the Well I suppose they had first claim in . |
| 24 | In 1859 he passed first class in botany in the first examination for teachers organized by the Department of Science and Art , and this was his sole academic qualification . |
| 25 | The team certainly lived up to its reputation as it whipped first place from under the noses of the Golden Wonder team at the end of the last game . |
| 26 | I interviewed him when he became First Sea Lord and on one or two other occasions , and I always slightly regretted that my commitment to current affairs had prevented me from taking up Associated Rediffusion 's offer to spend two years with him , at home and abroad , researching and scripting the thirteen programmes they were planning on his Life and Times — a task subsequently and admirably performed by John Terraine . |
| 27 | Goalkeeper Alan Main fumbled a Glynn Snodin corner and , in the process , allowed Baird to scramble home his tenth goal of the season after John Robertson had failed to connect when he got first bite at the cherry . |
| 28 | He found first gear and eased the great machine slowly forward until it hit the utility room door , closed it , and pinned it fast . |
| 29 | He woke First Man and made him eat , too and ‘ Adam ’ threw the apple core out over the crowd 's heads . |
| 30 | Brasenose awarded him a senior Hulme exhibition and he obtained first classes in mathematical moderations ( 1906 ) , mathematics ( 1908 ) , and engineering science ( 1910 ) . |