Example sentences of "[pers pn] first [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | President , congress , I first pay tribute to the Women Against Pit Closure Group for their cour cour determination and yes , sheer bravery . |
| 2 | ‘ Would it surprise you to know that in the five years since I first set eyes on you , I have not looked seriously at another woman ? |
| 3 | I do not want to be harsh , but when I first set eyes on him I knew the type at once : the big , gangling provincial , so eager and relieved to find himself at last in artistic circles . |
| 4 | ‘ I remember when I first set eyes on you at that cocktail party and I thought , In spite of her dark flowing hair and her Mediterranean beauty she has a bite about her that can only be British . |
| 5 | ‘ I 've wanted to make love to you since I first set eyes on you . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ It was the first bit of luck I 'd had since I first set eyes on you . |
| 7 | Well it , it , at least it 's gold , I mean , I , I , I was in the jewellery trade when I first left school , between school and national service I worked at a manufacturing jewellers in Birmingham and I 've never really gone along with the idea that nine carat is actually gold . |
| 8 | Schedule I First Mortgage Debentures |
| 9 | I first saw Genesis around 1973 and at the time knew their music very well . |
| 10 | ‘ From the moment I first saw freestyle I knew it was the sport for me — there was so much more to it than ordinary skiing — it was beautiful and the ultimate in skiing athleticism . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ At Nairn we may fix the verge of the Highlands , for here I first saw peat fires and heard the Erse language . ’ |
| 12 | When you first choice hotel is full you will be offered an alternative . |
| 13 | When you first start squatting do n't overdo it . |
| 14 | To find out what tickets are available , how much they cost & c you first ring Ticket Call ( 0891–121680 ) where you pay money through your nostril to hear someone bloater on about competitions and how to enter them before you get the info you rang for . |
| 15 | Thank you First class service at less than first class fares has become something of a slogan for Virgin Atlantic , but that 's put it on a collision course with big international airlines , especially British Airways . |
| 16 | God had answered that prayer , and taught her that the people had their own ministry to offer in return from the time she first set foot on African soil . |
| 17 | Was he even now locked up in some prison cell to become once again the unkempt figure he had been when she first set eyes on him ? |
| 18 | Joyful mother Liliana Contadora lied about her age when she first saw doctors in Bologna , Italy . |
| 19 | She first saw Dogs Today on the newsstand , reads it from cover to cover and then keeps it . |
| 20 | We first saw actress Julie T Wallace in The Life And Loves Of A She-Devil . |
| 21 | We first encounter Anderson , a professor of ethics , on board a plane for Prague , where he has been invited to speak at a philosophy conference . |
| 22 | Infra-red detectors are very effective devices — they react to body heat , and will leave lights on for a predetermined time after they first sense body heat . |
| 23 | They first set eyes on the house which was to be ‘ home ’ for the rest of Jack 's life on 7 July 1930 . |
| 24 | ‘ When they first start work , they come and see the person who 's in charge , it could be me or my deputy . |
| 25 | Only adults make a pig 's ear of it when they first start fishing as adults . |
| 26 | Planning application , notice , for her first floor extension over the garage . |
| 27 | Oh I 'll ring him first thing Monday morning then . |
| 28 | Was he first Nguyen Tat Thanh ? |
| 29 | When he first set foot in Adam 's Creek he used to think they were snakes or lizards , some kind of reptile anyway . |
| 30 | Here 's the flight of steps and the balustrade where he first set eyes on Rose . |