Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [pron] [noun sg] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | I told him mine first . |
| 2 | I did my hair first thing , so now I untie the ribbon and shake it free . |
| 3 | I had it north first , Stirling did n't I ? |
| 4 | But this time when I go back I mean to stay and die there , because , let me tell you ’ — she wagged her finger first at the Colonel and then at Reginald — ‘ there 's a time coming when there 'll be no France and very little England , or any place else . ’ |
| 5 | Like Diane Barker , of Bishop Auckland , a deaf teenager who passed her test first time in 1984 after having special mirrors fitted so she could lip read commands from the driving instructor without taking her eyes of the road . |
| 6 | Nevertheless it was Webb and Bath who made their mark first , with a neat series of passes over on the right . |
| 7 | It was Jenny who found her voice first , and Sara 's heart was caught by the tremor in it . |
| 8 | She found his blood first , spattered in the grey slush underfoot , and then , a little way beyond , the assassin himself , reduced to a lumpen form in the gutter . |
| 9 | Rodrigo was yet but a youth , and the Count was a mighty man in arms , one who gave his voice first in the Cortes , and was held to be the best in the war , and so powerful that he had a thousand friends among the mountains . |
| 10 | The question is , who wrote his Gospel first ? |
| 11 | Avril had been advised to have chemotherapy , but she wanted her wedding first . |
| 12 | And we made within two minutes to sort out what we were going to , or we decided what charity first , then we decided two would decide on the script while the others cut out relevant pieces that we thought might be useful words . |
| 13 | We saw her room first . |
| 14 | As a poet , he made his mark first in 1712 with the publication of Nereides : Or , Sea-Eclogues , Callipædia and Dryades . |
| 15 | One teacher started by asking her class what caught their attention first . |