Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [noun sg] first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maggie had always wanted to drive and passed her test first time . |
| 2 | Like Diane Barker , of Bishop Auckland , a deaf teenager who passed her test first time in 1984 after having special mirrors fitted so she could lip read commands from the driving instructor without taking her eyes of the road . |
| 3 | Yes er , yes I 've seen your mum first time she 'll have a . |
| 4 | And have them in the get their feed first thing in the morning you see . |
| 5 | But if I 'm if kids are giving me work first thing in the morning and I 've got them in the afternoon they 're gon na expect it to be marked ! |
| 6 | The second suspect was a resident of Consett , but on the night in question his wife had given birth to their first child , and the doctor and the midwife both vouched for the fact that the man had never left the house after he came in from work at half-past five until he went to work the next morning , an hour after he had heard his son first cry . |
| 7 | I did my hair first thing , so now I untie the ribbon and shake it free . |
| 8 | One is illustrated by the fact that the blacks call their church first purchase , this is because it was the first thing that their community bought when they were all released from slavery , another form of racial prejudice on behalf of the whites . |
| 9 | Rub over the Early Reply Bonus seal on your Entry Bond with a silver coin to find out if you are eligible to double your potential first prize to £100,000 . |
| 10 | The Czechoslovak government on Jan. 1 launched its long-awaited first package of market economic reforms , featuring price liberalization , privatization of small businesses , and internal convertibility of the koruna . |
| 11 | Having begun their Courage First Division programme with a 29-12 home win over Leicester , Wasps then lost direction and the match when they took on Harlequins at The Stoop . |
| 12 | Come and have your tea first Hary . |