Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [pers pn] first [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | It read , simply : ‘ REPORT TO ME FIRST THING — HAYMAN . ’ |
2 | ‘ Right , I 'll see to it first thing . ’ |
3 | He said , ‘ We 'll get going on it first thing tomorrow . |
4 | We did n't hear about you first time round . ’ |
5 | It 's always brought to them first thing in the morning . |
6 | It 's hardly worth drawing the cheques in certain cases and the capital programme , could n't see it actually when I looked for it first time , had to go back to the pink sheet and found the noughts , now we 're not as generous as we 'd like to be , but at least we try . |
7 | Nick had a wart and he spat on it first thing every morning and by the end of the week it was gone . ’ |
8 | Trainer David Elsworth said : ‘ He won for me first time last season and perhaps he is a horse who does n't want running too often . ’ |
9 | I shall tell Mr Harker about this when I next see him and I shall make sure that Mr Thacker knows about it first thing tomorrow ! ’ |