Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] the first [noun sg] " 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 got the first ferry I could after I heard … |
| 6 | … 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 . |
| 7 | 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 ! |
| 8 | I got the first shot in : one good punch . |
| 9 | However , I had hardly got started before I got the first complaint . |
| 10 | Once I found the first publisher , it just snowballed . ’ |
| 11 | It was one reason why I caught the first flight home . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Under that system I used the first term almost entirely as a preparation for the teaching practice itself . |
| 14 | ‘ The way I played the first set was not me , not my usual game . |
| 15 | ‘ I scored the first time after eight minutes . |
| 16 | Shortly after Christmas I received the first batch of rereleases from the Savoy label , or rather from the Nippon Columbia Co . |
| 17 | I chaired the first meeting in the institute . |
| 18 | I flunked the first question : ‘ On which circuit was the first Formula 1 world championship event held ? ’ |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Cos I spent , I spent the first week of the holiday mainly with Shelley . |
| 22 | 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 |
| 23 | After two months in prison , I heard the first news about why I was being held as a political prisoner . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | I had dropped my bag as I hit the first man , but that did n't matter . |
| 26 | I hit the first man with the wooden end of my gun and he fell down , but I had to shoot the second man . |
| 27 | it was very clever , I watched the first couple because people who like Harry Enfield 's comic characters switched on , just to see what he was like and before you knew it you were twenty minutes into a half hour programme and you stuck with it to the end . |
| 28 | I watched the first flood of water race down to the sea , muddy and littered , then turned to head for home . |
| 29 | and er and then those Brownies got older and I started the first Girl Guides there |
| 30 | It was then that I felt the first cobweb — one sticky tendril , unbelievably strong , across my right eye and the bridge of my nose . |