Example sentences of "[adv] the first thing [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps the first thing we can note about all three departments is the formality of the relationship between students and staff : a formality which is reflected in the teaching methods . |
| 2 | Right so the first thing we , as a crime prevention officer , we , well I look at anyway , is surrounding areas of a house that ca n't be seen from the road . |
| 3 | So the first thing we do is to change hands , that 's good , push , wait change sides , straighten up the tiller , look where you 're going that 's fine . |
| 4 | So the first thing we do is to change hands , then push , wait until the boom comes across and change sides and straighten up . |
| 5 | I mean , sorry , week er thirteen that er base six had been poured and therefore so the first thing we did was to get base six as soon as possible . |
| 6 | So although this is fifty pence when you show it on here the fir so the first thing we 've got to do is change this fifty pence to get away from fifty pence or thirty pence or twenty and change it into a fraction . |
| 7 | So the first thing you must do is get a different message across . |
| 8 | So the first thing you 're always gon na think about is position . |
| 9 | So the first thing you do is turn off your gas . |
| 10 | So the first thing you 'd expect on just by the false but enormously appealing principle that the world is simple and elegant , is there is just one level of structure there . |
| 11 | I said , well the important thing is Jan if you are like this you obviously did n't like , there 's no way I 'm going to meet her you 're obviously thinking it over I said so the first thing you 've got ta do is turn up on Monday and meet her cos erm , then well you 'll know . |
| 12 | Right so the first thing you do if we 're dealing with a hundred and fifty . |
| 13 | So the first thing I did was to spend ten years with the Royal Shakespeare Company ! |
| 14 | So the first thing I said was , ‘ You do n't have to talk to me . |
| 15 | So the first thing I did was distil it down to seven pages of figures accompanied by seven pages of narrative , designed to make sure that the board was properly informed . |
| 16 | There are little tricks , for example , if it 's a time clause , when you think to yourself oh God it 's one of those lists , you sit down and calm yourself , take a Valium or whatever it is and just apply yourselves to that , right , what the next point is so the first thing I want you to do is stop at this time clause , when you realize it 's a time clause I want you to go trot trot trot trot trot trot trot trot trot trot trot trot trot trot to the main verb , alright ? |
| 17 | It was more or less the first thing we checked . ’ |
| 18 | Well straight away the first thing he done was to put these new tables in , and that was his idea when he put these tables in to get more slate , and less wages . |
| 19 | ‘ It is n't usually the first thing I tell people about myself , although the old dollies do have their ways of claiming my attention . ’ |
| 20 | Breeze snatched up the first thing she could find — her own mackintosh , which she had been wearing earlier in the day — and with one swift movement covered that smouldering sleeve with the thick material . |
| 21 | Practically the first thing I saw when I got off the train and walked along those roads again was Hairy Back and his dog , the Great Dane . |
| 22 | Paula was amazed by the security arrangements that were necessary to ensure that the new season 's collections remained exclusive — the windows at the rear of the premises were heavily barred and practically the first thing she had to do on commencing her employment was to sign a contract promising that she would not breathe a word about the designs she saw . |
| 23 | This is also the first thing we can tell about a person when meeting for the first time . |
| 24 | There you were , come to save our pathetic little radio station , and just about the first thing you did was scoop that concert in Harare , and at the height of the cultural boycott , because you 'd emphasised our independent nature . |
| 25 | But now the first thing I saw were the lines on his face standing out like the lines on a charcoal drawing . |
| 26 | Erm example there of T. You 'll recognize the T. Now the first thing I should remind you is of course that to recognize anything we must have something to compare it against . |
| 27 | Now the first thing I 'd like to do is just give you this , this , this explains that I 'm er employed by Friends Provident |
| 28 | Well the first thing you do is start thinking of lots of possibilities you see . |
| 29 | Right well the first thing I 'd like to have you got counters or have you got a |
| 30 | Erm right okay well the first thing I 'd do is handle that one . |