Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [prep] first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly I was on first names terms . |
| 2 | It is significant that under imitation forms , he states that ‘ the above , i.e. Nos. 170 — 178 , are dated by the Sigillata forms they imitate , which are of first century type . |
| 3 | The weakness of both the holistic and individualistic approaches is that they are both in their different ways incapable of explaining the origins of phenomena ; yet it is the origins which are of first importance in understanding human psychology and society . |
| 4 | In May 1711 , Jonathan Swift wrote that the two parties had so shifted their principles since Charles II 's time , " that those two fantastick Names of Whig and Tory , have at present very little Relation to those Opinions , which were at first thought to distinguish them " . |
| 5 | A number of well-known directors have expressed an interest in the script , which is in first draft . |
| 6 | Er it 's not difficult at all really Don , I think when you 're at first thing do , it might be a bit of a |
| 7 | ‘ But be sure you 're in first thing tomorrow morning . |
| 8 | Guess who 's on first call tomorrow ? |
| 9 | right , who is at first place tomorrow , they 're bound to be two , first of the day , so |
| 10 | the vehicle in question , a 924 Porsche , is owned by an assassin with the rank of major ( in an army he wo n't tell us about ) , who is on first name terms with Bill Gates of Microsoft . |
| 11 | She was at first sight a cheerful figure , a plump woman of 65 who wore a brightly patterned dress and whose curly hair showed around the front of her white scarf . |
| 12 | She was in first thing , I mean I sent it off that evening she was in first thing the next morning yes that 's fine . |
| 13 | She was in first thing , I mean I sent it off that evening she was in first thing the next morning yes that 's fine . |
| 14 | First of all , we 're on first name terms here . |
| 15 | Most people are nicer than you think they are on first acquaintance . |
| 16 | Seen from the side , they are at first glance very similar indeed . |
| 17 | If they go in that condition the tax charged will be cheaper than if they 're in first class condition . |
| 18 | it 's in first Corinthians , it talks about for , I think I 'm in a vision of the third heaven , which was actually a vision , it was n't a reality it 's like a revelation was a vision , I do n't think it was the reality of heaven was it ? |
| 19 | It is at first sight difficult to account for the anomalous position of Birmingham , which has a rather high productivity score , but whose proportion of first papers in the core journal set is low . |
| 20 | It is at first glance a paragon of English coastal charm and tranquility . |
| 21 | In other words , it had to be accurate in every tiny detail and to look as if it was at first glance . |
| 22 | Yeah , he was in first thing . |