Example sentences of "[adj] [art] first [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So is that the first time you 've done that new , that song today |
| 2 | Is that the first time you 've done that song ? |
| 3 | I did n't really think I should advise , except to say , ‘ I got it right last time I did it — I hope you get it right the first time you do it ’ . |
| 4 | Maggie pushed her way through the swinging plate-glass doors and as usual the first thing she saw was a giant mock-up of the front of the magazine , glossy , colourful and slightly daunting , the name magnified out of proportion : QUERY ! |
| 5 | About one in three adults can do this the first time they try it . |
| 6 | ‘ Is this the first time you 've copped one ? ’ he asked . |
| 7 | Perform well whatever assignments you have , have you noticed the Watchtower that were studying today , we 've all got it with you I think , just turn to page twenty six turn to page twenty two , you 'll see what it 's about , it 's about a brother Roy , who has always advocated sticking close to Jehovah 's organization , guide to organization , give you a life story , and it 's quite interesting reading , and again it 's a test of your alertness , your vigilance , whether or not your spirits be awake or not , is this the first time you 've seen that article ? |
| 8 | I understood this the first time I read him , he wrote , in that smelly room in Hackney . |
| 9 | I realised this the first time I saw her dressed up to go out — excited , nervous and yet so alive . |
| 10 | ‘ I intend leaving this the first moment I can for Sydney hence to Hobart Town to see you , although it will verily interfere with my pursuits . |
| 11 | But when you first started when you 're not quite sure what 's happening you ca n't be expected to be perfect the first time you have a go at something can you . |
| 12 | James Boswell in the eighteenth century was generally impotent the first time he slept with women of his own class , though in sex with lower-class girls he could easily prove his manhood . |
| 13 | Available in either black or white the first thing you notice about this guitar is that sitting down and playing it is practically impossible ; it 's worse than a Flying V in that respect . |
| 14 | Right well first of all the first thing we can probably do is broadsheet to the trade introducing product and incentives . |
| 15 | Most people feel homesick the first time they leave home , no matter how old they are . |
| 16 | The goods to he sold had been piled up on the stairs where once " the possessions " had been piled ; bottles of jam and honey , heaps of hermetically sealed provisions , bottles of wine , cakes of chocolate pliable with the heat , tins of biscuits and even a few mouldy hams had been stacked against the splintered stumps which were all that now remained of the banisters Fleury had found so elegant the first evening he had entered the Residency . |
| 17 | Consider which will last longer — which will hold its value better — the answer is apparent the first time you step on board the Swan . |
| 18 | That was a series of tin corrugated iron classrooms , that was , and the first The first teacher I had there was a Mr and he got a real fierce face and a fierce tash and he he was a r a right lad he was . |
| 19 | One the first night our dessert of a white meringue swan floating on a sea of raspberry sauce with a scoop of rum and raisin ice-cream nestling between its folded wings , gives an idea of how beautifully presented the meals were . |
| 20 | Jack Nicklaus was practising on one the first time I arived . |
| 21 | Gail Smith writes ‘ The burden God has given me for Albania took root in 1982 the first time I ever heard mention of the country and people . |
| 22 | He wanted to do his best the first time he performed , and knew he was not in peak condition . |
| 23 | Even I was terrified the first time it happened , when Art rolled over to our table , gave Tod a kind of rabbit punch that almost broke his neck , and said , incredibly loudly , |
| 24 | We revisited some of our old haunts like Butterfly Creek , and old friends like the Lawrences whose house is approached by their own private cable car ( very scary the first time you ride it ) . |