Example sentences of "[noun] was the first thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | The round , hard face with its halo of glinting metal bolts was the first thing the animal remembered seeing on regaining consciousness in the small cage . |
| 2 | It 's like a glowing curriculum vitae was the first thing he produced when he learned how to write . |
| 3 | The image was the first thing that changed . |
| 4 | Not that childbirth was the first thing on anyone 's mind yesterday . |
| 5 | His column in the Angling Times was the first thing that I turned to and what a mine of information . |
| 6 | RTFM Unusually for a reviewer , the manual was the first thing I took out of the box and examined . |
| 7 | The scent was the first thing : it was like walking into a peach-canning factory . |