Example sentences of "[verb] the first [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His head bent slowly down to her , his eyes burned deeper and , held immovable , she endured the first kiss she had ever received . |
| 2 | Naming the first person I could think of , I answered St Francis — because he could have chosen to live a life of luxury and ease , but had in fact followed the principles of Christ in giving away all he owned and living a life of poverty . |
| 3 | As a director of Routledge , he took an interest in what I was writing , and in 1946 he commissioned the first book I was to produce on philosophy , The Approach to Metaphysics . |
| 4 | He asked the first policeman he saw the way to London University and was pointed in the direction of the Strand . |
| 5 | I walked in through the door and , feeling a bit lost , I asked the first person I saw if he knew whether the Social Secretary was around . |
| 6 | At length , she located the literature department and , entering , asked the first student she came upon where she might find Dr McKitrick . |
| 7 | One thing I know for certain is that after completing the first pitch it was only my experience as a climber to the lower E grades that got me through , and I wondered how a non-climber might have got on using the same information . |
| 8 | ‘ I got the first ferry I could after I heard … |
| 9 | Yeah it is , I mean the first time I bought it |
| 10 | On one of these trips to London when I was at school , good when we went with the Brownies , I went two or three times and er , one time when I was a bit older , I mean the first time I went as I say I was only about seven , but , when I was a bit older I went again , they said if |
| 11 | And you ca n't buy the first thing you 're offered ! |
| 12 | Algy used up his measure of luck , I was then given a super navigator with only the sharpest of pencils and the instinct of a homing pigeon who took me through my tour ; he perished the first time he New without me after I was hijacked to Bennett 's staff . |
| 13 | Erm we approached the first project we were looking at the information we had available er , looking at the strength of the work a lot of information As you can see the er and , and looking at the er a definite lack of |
| 14 | After keeping the first appointment she failed to attend two further treatment sessions , telephoning the therapist after the second to say she felt better . |
| 15 | FORGET THE first record they ever bought , the real test of a band is the first record they ever made . |
| 16 | FORGET THE first record they ever bought , the real test of a band is the first record they ever made . |
| 17 | times , I forget the first time I had her . |
| 18 | Once you get beyond its up to the minute good looks the first thing you 'll notice is that is price tag looks a little out of date . |
| 19 | It was not difficult for Laura to remember the first time she had set eyes on Ross Wyndham , because it had also been the day of her cousin 's wedding . |
| 20 | George Roman read me and after I 'd done the first reading he asked me about my own attitudes to the Part and then told me his as a director , which were completely different . |
| 21 | For a split second he experienced that same numbing fear he had felt the first time he had come under enemy fire . |
| 22 | Tsu Ma knelt down and held his shoulders , nodding , remembering how he had felt the first time he had seen the ritual , not then knowing what was happening , nor why . |
| 23 | die the first time they 've tried it |
| 24 | How did Doctor Jekyll feel the first time he became Mr Hyde ? |
| 25 | Remembering the first time I 'd done the climb , back in 1964 , an echo of precise-edged delicacy tingled in my mind . |
| 26 | His finest moment came the first time he opened the hall door to a visitor and , standing a little aside , intoned , " Follow me , sir , " before proceeding with due dignity to announce the guest at the door of the morning room . |
| 27 | He recalled the first time he had seen the impressive building as a schoolboy on a day 's outing to see the sights of London . |
| 28 | Even now she vividly recalled the first time she saw Nader at the exclusive Royal Club , a dining , gambling and sports centre . |
| 29 | These hijras are very bad and very dirty ladies , ’ he had said the first time I tried to give Razia a lift in his car . |
| 30 | . Said the first time she came round she did n't look at it , and then , after that she looked really I hope she does n't fall . |