Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [pos pn] first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the organist began the introduction , the lights dimmed to add ‘ mood ’ , allowing me my first sight of the sparse audience . |
| 2 | Spookily enough , I had come full circle : I was back working for Alan Lewis , the man who 'd given me my first music press job — as his secretary at Sounds , back in ( gulp ) 1977 . |
| 3 | This place has given me my first identity really . |
| 4 | That maturity has won him his first TV starring role in ITV 's new £2 million , three-part drama serial The Blackheath Poisonings which starts on Monday . |
| 5 | Both Jessica and Nadea seemed to agree that it was fitting and appropriate when I told them my first choice would be to serve with the Royal Canadian Air Force . |
| 6 | Then , we 'll send you your first issue of The Red House Post and with your first order we 'll send you Jess the Cat and a Postman Pat book , free . |
| 7 | Morris also supplied Swan with two of his three National mounts — Last of the brownies , Mick 's Star and Roc de Prince — but he did n't give him his first Liverpool winner . |
| 8 | Who keeps on trying to raise money for you , got you your first grant ? |
| 9 | give them their first snog . |
| 10 | What what were your first tell me your first thoughts on it I do n't want the answer right away I want your thoughts on it . |
| 11 | ‘ It was the biggest mistake he ever made buying me my first board . ’ |
| 12 | Yes I could , and that 's what landed me my first part — Captain O'Hagarty , a dastardly villain in a ‘ Children 's Hour ’ serial . |
| 13 | Michael Howells , a painter friend of Nick 's who stencilled the occasional floor and otherwise assisted in certain aspects of window display , found both Ashleys refreshingly open to suggestions , keen to encourage young staff and always trying to give them their first break . |
| 14 | Boldness triumphed and they moved on towards Perth after sending a detachment of the Camerons to try to capture the fortified barracks at Ruthven , where it was left to stalwart Sergeant Molloy of Guise 's Regiment to give them their first rebuff . |
| 15 | He had begun to feel that Carrie was really growing to love him , and having borne him his first child the future had seemed so promising , but now today he had been reminded that everything he had hoped and prayed for could so easily crumble into dust . |
| 16 | During the previous three years , Crawford had written hundreds of letters to producers and directors in his search for work , but it was his love of cycling — he sometimes rode from South London to Brighton and back in a day that landed him his first work in repertory theatre . |
| 17 | Midnight Cowboy was to give him his first chance in over fifteen years to regain respect in the business . |
| 18 | They flashed signals more in hope than expectation of catching the submarine 's attention before dawn broke and the wind abated , giving them their first chance to force free fingers locked around the paddle handles in a muscle-spasm grip . |
| 19 | I do want you to know how clearly I understand my deep obligation to you for giving me my first insight into the real problem we were facing and my first understanding of the nature of clinical research ’ . |
| 20 | The libraries that Hoggart remembers as giving him his first education in English literature acquired serious books of every kind . |
| 21 | The trip was a great success , the subsequent Travels in the West exhibition proving very popular in Nanjing and giving him his first taste of newspaper and television attention . |
| 22 | You can tell me his first name , though , ca n't you ? |
| 23 | A right-wing corner by the left-footed Preece was met so powerfully by James that the young full-back could be proud of the header which brought him his first goal of the season … |
| 24 | When Grimsby offered him his first trial with a Football League club , he gave away a penalty after two minutes . |
| 25 | He 's become better known as a zoologist , but has n't forgotten it was Swindon that offered him his first exhibition . |
| 26 | Grand Lodge Librarian and Curator John Hamill made it his first priority to assure me that ‘ freemasonry contains neither pagan nor occult practices ’ . |
| 27 | Then editor Ian Pye gave me my first assignment : ‘ Do the gig guide . |
| 28 | She gave me my first mask when I was two years old . |
| 29 | ‘ He gave me my first winner when I started training in 1987 , and today was the 100th race of his career and his 10th victory . ’ |
| 30 | It was Daphne who gave me my first art book , The Treasures of Italy , in exchange for several cream wafers , and from that day on I knew I had stumbled across a subject I wanted to study for the rest of my life . |