Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] the first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Given the need for an extensive approach within the limitations noted above , and given that the first stage of the fieldwork demonstrated that heroin users generally confine themselves to specific networks , it was decided to use a ‘ network analysis ’ approach using the technique of snowball sampling , or chain referral ( Fraser and Hawkins 1984 , p. 82 ) . |
| 2 | I realised this the first time I saw her dressed up to go out — excited , nervous and yet so alive . |
| 3 | With competition becoming intense the first set of Motor Racing rules were drawn up for the Paris-Amsterdam-Paris race of 1898 . |
| 4 | About one in three adults can do this the first time they try it . |
| 5 | ‘ Anyway , when I found out how well-known he was , I made sure the first spot was very organised . |
| 6 | The Heritage range is the most flexible because cantilever cross frames are used to carry all the first floor loads and most of the roof , leaving internal divisions largely a matter of choice . |
| 7 | In fact he spent all the first winter of the war pontooning , and then was driving lorries on bomb disposal . |
| 8 | Most people feel homesick the first time they leave home , no matter how old they are . |
| 9 | He handed her the folded documents as he prised open the first box . |
| 10 | One sherpa , Tensing Norgay , accompanied Sir Edmund Hillary and became one the first men to climb Mount Everest . |
| 11 | went wrong the first time do you ? |
| 12 | I understood this the first time I read him , he wrote , in that smelly room in Hackney . |
| 13 | She concentrated on Durance instead and said : ‘ You saw this the first time on the Jonquil , did n't you ? |
| 14 | " He kept telling me I could n't get pregnant the first time , but I did . " |
| 15 | He placed the sketch-pad on his knees , flicked open the first page and began to draw . |
| 16 | ‘ I intend leaving this the first moment I can for Sydney hence to Hobart Town to see you , although it will verily interfere with my pursuits . |
| 17 | Kate Miskin pushed open the first door on the left and stood aside for Dalgliesh and Massingham to enter . |
| 18 | On the landing he pushed open the first bedroom door , and there in front of him was Sarah Ryan . |