Example sentences of "first thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | So the first thing I did was to spend ten years with the Royal Shakespeare Company ! |
| 2 | Given the propensity of many modern breweries and their designers to impose an overall , single-period ‘ look ’ , however , the Georgian fabric that does exist is often the first thing to be swept away — to make way for a sham-Victorian world of clumsy stained glass and ugly stained hardwood . |
| 3 | ‘ The first thing I learned about nutrition as a nurse was that white food — fish and potatoes , for example — on white plates , with a white parsley sauce is unappetising purely because of its boring appearance . |
| 4 | I resolved to take the first thing that came along and from that base to look further afield if need be . |
| 5 | I said yes , but filling all my early evenings with this would prove rather inconvenient on those occasions when I wanted to go out , so we agreed a system whereby I would do some of the work first thing in the morning and the rest of it just after I closed down the switchboard . |
| 6 | Consequently , first thing in the morning when we were all trying to get ready , we constantly got in each other 's way . |
| 7 | First thing this morning , Martha put a fifty-pound note into the pocket of an apron you subsequently wore , thinking it to be yours . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Dorothy , I think the best thing would be if you went home now and reported to me here , first thing tomorrow morning . |
| 9 | ‘ She comes in first thing , but steer clear until about nine o'clock so I can have a chance to explain things . ’ |
| 10 | I 've only known you since first thing this morning and I have n't had time to take everything in . |
| 11 | Then it will be first thing tomorrow morning for making the sandwiches . |
| 12 | Lucy was as lovely first thing as always . |
| 13 | And that is the first thing . |
| 14 | If we have half an hour , the first thing is to burn the lists . |
| 15 | The first thing to notice about functionalism is that it does not fare any better than behaviourism in providing an account of what it is that V knows and BS does not , for BS could know all about V 's functional or covertly behavioural states ; so there is no lack of knowledge that his deficit could consist in . |
| 16 | ‘ It was the first thing you wanted to do , ’ she says . |
| 17 | The first thing I noticed as we arrived at the famous pot was a fixed caving rope leading down into the dark abyss , and I could n't resist scrambling across to peer in . |
| 18 | When you look at the new PL28 drill , the first thing you notice about it is the absence of a conventional three-jaw chuck for holding the masonry bit . |
| 19 | This is the first thing you notice about graphics interchange files — they tend to be long . |
| 20 | The first thing he did on arriving in Manchester at the weekend was pop over unannounced to Billy Boston 's pub in Wigan , where his likeness jostles for space with the owner 's on the tap room wall . |
| 21 | Others drove to work before 7.30am or scheduled business calls first thing so that they could drive in later . |
| 22 | THE FIRST thing to do in Kathmandu is dump your bags and hire a bike . |
| 23 | The first thing the lady in the hotel pointed out when she showed us our room overlooking the canal was an electric mosquito killer . |
| 24 | The first thing the lads noted when the stage lights came up was that the previewers ' obituaries for Pete Townshend are about as wide of the mark as a Birmingham City attack . |
| 25 | Copyright : ADAGP , Paris/DACS , London , 1989 The first thing that I feel when I look at Miro 's Painting is a sense of sublime calm . |
| 26 | The first thing which struck me upon attending a House of Commons debate was how few MPs actually turned up to take part . |
| 27 | The weather seems to be changing , very misty and cold first thing in the morning , first time I have really felt miserable at 4 a.m. during ‘ stand-to' ’ . |
| 28 | The first thing that struck the other dons who lived in the Castle was his oddness . |
| 29 | If you want to chance it , the first thing to do is book a venue . |
| 30 | The first thing to do is sort out the basis of the young artists ’ business . |