Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [art] first thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | The half lives of these radicals are measured in nanoseconds — they literally destroy the first thing they bump in to . |
| 2 | ‘ Just say the first thing that comes into your head . ’ |
| 3 | Her last comment had sounded flippant , a little bitter , as if she begrudged the fact that he could afford all this , when in reality she had just said the first thing that had come into her head because he was close and because she had felt his love of the land and in doing so had glimpsed a part of him that was unknown , disturbing to her . |
| 4 | She would mince about in her old fashioned winkle-picker shoes not knowing the first thing about dancing . |
| 5 | We assume that graduates will do and say things in a considered way and not proffer the first thing that occurs to them . |
| 6 | We just do the first thing and then we do the second thing . |
| 7 | And so generally buy the first thing that actually fits . |
| 8 | Well let's just consider for a moments then this morning , in in some of the ways in which we can be like Pilate the first thing I see here is that Pilate rejected the Lord Jesus Christ although he had tremendous opportunities of doing otherwise . |
| 9 | Everyone in the whole marine department just threw up their hands in horror and told me I was crazy , I did n't know the first thing about ships , the whole marine fleet would fall apart . |
| 10 | ‘ You do n't know the first thing about the business , woman . ’ |
| 11 | He had been told that he did n't know the first thing about it , that the young were all the same , destructive and careless , that Mrs Irving set a value on her privacy . |
| 12 | I 've been so hoping you would soon be ready to join Brownies , but how can I pass over to a Brownie Guider a girl who wo n't lend a hand without being given something first and who does n't know the first thing about being obedient ? ’ |
| 13 | And anyway , even if we ask them , I mean , even if they think we can do something about it , though Christ knows what , I do n't want a lot of knowalls who have n't got any kids and do n't know the first thing about them telling us what to do with ours — ’ |
| 14 | ‘ But I do n't know the first thing about being a dog , ’ young Anabelle pointed out . |
| 15 | ‘ I do n't know the first thing about anything , really . ’ |
| 16 | I do n't know the first thing about brochs . |
| 17 | Some of the people who talk about commitment do n't know the first thing about it . |
| 18 | You do n't know the first thing , do you ? " |
| 19 | You simply do n't know the first thing about marriage , do you ? |
| 20 | ‘ Most of them do n't know the first thing about sailing . ’ |
| 21 | She did n't know the first thing about him , after all . |
| 22 | And as I had this urge to correct manuscripts as I went along , and could n't read his handwriting , and did n't know the first thing about Roman Britain , you can imagine he felt obliged to educate me . |
| 23 | What was she doing , anyway , going out with a man she did n't know the first thing about ? |
| 24 | ‘ You do n't know the first thing about my relationship with Florian ! ’ |
| 25 | ‘ He did n't know the first thing about you , did he ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ You do n't know the first thing about the way I work . ’ |
| 27 | You do n't know the first thing about me ! |
| 28 | He 's an engineer , does n't know the first thing about literature , but Puddephat makes it all sound scientific by using these very long words . |
| 29 | First can I just ask , as , as somebody who 's building a paper aeroplane you got assumption whatsoever , so am I supposed to say I do n't know the first thing about making a paper aeroplane , you you told me . |
| 30 | ‘ But Ross — I do n't know the first thing about children ! ’ she exclaimed helplessly . |