Example sentences of "[pron] [to-vb] [art] first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I want you to catch the first flight back from Brussels . |
| 2 | And remember that most insurance companies expect you to pay the first part of any claim — usually £25-£50 . |
| 3 | NOW THAT the Second World of formerly communist countries is falling over itself to join the First World , the name ‘ Third World ’ suits the rest of the planet less well than ever . |
| 4 | Okay having done that we discussed what the content of the course was going to be and then I asked you to make a first presentation . |
| 5 | Er , she 's been at the , well something I did n't know , she 's been at the depot the shortest time of all our indoor , but she 's the first one to get the first day to , percent , , so that 's good . |
| 6 | He admitted that it was not easy , and said that , in effect , what one did was to get them to read the first chapter of any book by Derrida . |
| 7 | And finally : ‘ Do n't merely talk , like some gasbags do , about shedding the last drop of your blood for your country — the difficulty with them , when the time comes , is getting them to shed the FIRST drop of their blood . ’ |
| 8 | With great reluctance , as he maintained , Ledeen carried the message from Israel 's prime minister , Shimon Peres , to McFarlane in the summer of 1985 , asking him to approve the first shipment of arms from Israel to Iran ; McFarlane replied ‘ Okay , just that one shipment and nothing else ’ , words that soon acquired a hollow , awful sound . |
| 9 | After his death , members of the wine trade enabled her to become the first person outside the trade to study for and sit its examinations . |
| 10 | Hotspur hung back from him , and let him gather himself , waited , indeed , for him to make the first assay , and put it by when it was made with the utmost care and forbearance . |
| 11 | If he was at all interested it was up to him to make the first move . |
| 12 | She wanted desperately to reach out to him , but she knew that she had to wait for him to make the first move . |
| 13 | Both Johnson Matthey and the Ceramic Society supported Mike through this transition , allowing him to become the first president of the Canadian Ceramic Society to reside outside of Canada . |
| 14 | But that amendment will do nothing to change the first part of the Clause ... |
| 15 | It is up to them to make the first move . ’ |