Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [pers pn] [pos pn] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | I gave him his first bath . |
| 3 | But I said I am the money I gave him his first flying lesson , I paid for it , like I bought his first three cars . |
| 4 | Davies was also skilled at constructing local earthworks to prevent flooding by the Severn and his earned him his first big contract from the Montgomeryshire Public Works Engineer , Thomas Penson ( presumably the same Penson of Oswestry who worked with the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway and was responsible for the design of stations including the recently refurbished Gobowen station and Shrewsbury 's joint station ) . |
| 5 | As I see it my first responsibility is to my children and my parents . ’ |
| 6 | And , Miss Rene ’ — she paused here and put her hand out towards the eldest of the sisters — ‘ you gave me my first book , a book of poems . |
| 7 | She gave me my first mask when I was two years old . |
| 8 | We paid her my first big visit in Brooklyn , she had n't met me except on the phone . |
| 9 | They gave him his first meal , of bread for the body and purifying salt for the immortal soul , and cheered as his tiny red face puckered at the taste and he yelled lustily . |
| 10 | Gently — and a little inexpertly — he gave her his first love in return , and that joining of soul to soul and body to body convinced her that in love it is indeed better to give than to receive . |
| 11 | He gave me my first major engagement outside Sweden , Electra at Glyndebourne [ Idomeneo , 1951 ] . |
| 12 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 13 | This extravaganza was directed by Max Reinhart and it gave me my first experience as an impresario , for I was commissioned by the MGM office for Canada to ‘ organize the promotion ’ of the film in our area . |
| 14 | ‘ It was just a bit of crack , but curiously enough it gave me my first taste of playing in public , something I had not yet done back home . ’ |
| 15 | Note that phrase ‘ not digested by man ’ , because it gives you your first clue to the slimming advantages of dietary fibre . |