Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [art] first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She never knew which one of them made the first move , but suddenly , unaccountably , she was in his arms , his hands pressing against her back to draw her closer still . |
| 2 | Later , because of my own initiative in originating the idea , I became the first Radio Editor in Canada , which meant writing a daily column about radio programmes , stars , and networks . |
| 3 | As I now personally from one of my previous lives in nineteen eighty-two , when I became the first Director of the newly independent National Federation of Community Organisations . |
| 4 | I walked in through the door and , feeling a bit lost , I asked the first person I saw if he knew whether the Social Secretary was around . |
| 5 | I produced a first version of that track in a week and they had it on the TV the next night ! |
| 6 | ‘ I got the first ferry I could after I heard … |
| 7 | … half the year had gone , the clear smoke-free distances of early summer a thing of the past , and midsummer day over , before I got the first clue . |
| 8 | I remember being thrilled when I got the first whicker of recognition from my horse and most people feel happier and more confident riding a horse they know — even if it is n't well behaved ! |
| 9 | I got the first shot in : one good punch . |
| 10 | However , I had hardly got started before I got the first complaint . |
| 11 | Once I found the first publisher , it just snowballed . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I found the first steps of the next pitch were very difficult , and the rock rather pushed one out . |
| 13 | It was one reason why I caught the first flight home . |
| 14 | In March 1951 , I reported the first immunization of children with live attenuated polio type II virus at a meeting of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis in Hershey , Pennsylvania . |
| 15 | Under that system I used the first term almost entirely as a preparation for the teaching practice itself . |
| 16 | ‘ The way I played the first set was not me , not my usual game . |
| 17 | ‘ I scored the first time after eight minutes . |
| 18 | The ground felt as I imagined a first world war battlefield might feel — all pits and trenches — but dry . |
| 19 | Shortly after Christmas I received the first batch of rereleases from the Savoy label , or rather from the Nippon Columbia Co . |
| 20 | I chaired the first meeting in the institute . |
| 21 | I flunked the first question : ‘ On which circuit was the first Formula 1 world championship event held ? ’ |
| 22 | I have to say I enjoyed the first programme much more , simply because of the subject we had to discuss on the second one , which was Christmas . |
| 23 | Perhaps my problem is the way I perceived the first news of the crumbling of the old Europe ; sitting in hospital and festooned in drip feeds and stoned out of my mind on pethidine as I came round from an anaesthetic , I muzzily watched the news on the TV in the corner of my room and truly believed I was hallucinating as I saw kitchen choppers taking down the Berlin Wall ; after such a beginning to the thaw , how can I believe that as well as East Germany 's arrival in the West , Czechoslovakia is almost herself again . |
| 24 | Cos I spent , I spent the first week of the holiday mainly with Shelley . |
| 25 | My wife and I spent the first days of our married life at Abbey St Bathan 's , on Whiteadder , when we stayed with a remarkable lady , Miss Gillon , in her gardener 's cottage . |
| 26 | Air temperature was 15 ° C at 8.00 pm , just before complete darkness , when I heard the first voices in an extensively flooded field . |
| 27 | And you seeing what you 're playing tonight , I thought I ca n't , but I heard the first thing der der der , but then it goes der der der |
| 28 | After two months in prison , I heard the first news about why I was being held as a political prisoner . |
| 29 | So I decided the first thing we had to do was define the difference between lead gear and bass gear , so we had to completely change the look . |
| 30 | I had dropped my bag as I hit the first man , but that did n't matter . |