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 ! ’
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