Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [adv] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each week , on shopping day , I tear out the first page and have a ready-made shopping list . |
| 2 | I incurred a second funeral director 's bill the same week as I paid off the first . |
| 3 | I walked down the first fairway in a relaxed and peaceful mood , despite my early departure from my bed . |
| 4 | I remember clearly the first time he played our first single . |
| 5 | so we set off going and I thought well the first ones were , did n't ask for a proof of doing it , just asked to do it |
| 6 | Well he star I think probably the first He must have been a joiner for a wee while before he was you were just asked to do this the same I suppose as any other job any other joiner job |
| 7 | I said , well the important thing is Jan if you are like this you obviously did n't like , there 's no way I 'm going to meet her you 're obviously thinking it over I said so the first thing you 've got ta do is turn up on Monday and meet her cos erm , then well you 'll know . |
| 8 | I had n't the first idea what she meant . |
| 9 | I had not the first notion of mechanics , but you with your capable hands worked on the machine until , after running with it , pushing it along , we were able to make the engine tick over again . |
| 10 | Yeah , the first thing I 've ever the first time I 've shaved my legs , I forgot the water . |
| 11 | ‘ I have n't the first idea , ’ he said in deliberate clipped tones . |
| 12 | I know how to make it do all kinds of things — including a few that are not in the manufacturer 's manual — but I have not the first idea as to how it actually works . |
| 13 | And it has to be said , he wrote , that its opposite , a feeling of elation , equally physical , equally extra-physical , has also been a constant feature of my life , manifesting itself regularly though impossible to predict , a reeling in the chest this time , the chest and perhaps the throat , a feeling of the heart leaping and the blood pumping , it came when I first took up a brush and made a mark on paper , it came when I picked up the first readymade and felt it transformed by that very action , it came when Madge rang to say she could not go on , when Annie wrote to say she was not coming back , when the idea of the glass first popped into my head . |
| 14 | Jinny was paralysed until Keith prodded her and she choked out the first words . |
| 15 | Cos if you cut out the first oboe part , you 're in a little bit |
| 16 | Have you used up the first side then ? |
| 17 | In that case , erm , Niall would you read out the first er paragraph there . |
| 18 | In the darkness , under cover of which they had been kissing cuddling so much ( with his hand inside her blouse ) that she had not the first idea what the film was about , he took her hand and guided it down to his lap . |
| 19 | She ran down the first flight of stairs , and then turned and dragged herself back to the flat . |
| 20 | The second time through you miss out the first time bar ( 8 ) and take the second time bar ( 9 ) and continue on with bars 10 , 11 etc . |
| 21 | Lisa dived in hungrily , spreading butter and honey on a croissant , and reflecting as she washed down the first bite with coffee that it was even more delicious than it looked . |
| 22 | That should shake the audience to attention , she thought , as she picked up the first book . |
| 23 | She picked up the first box of jars and went back to the room . |
| 24 | She dived down the first alleyway , until she came to the window beside the white door with the red strip on the step . |
| 25 | She held out the first page of the manuscript file for him to read . |
| 26 | Here we give only the first part of Ohmann 's illustration : [ 8 ] the desk and the shelf above it on which rested the ledgers in which McCaslin recorded the slow outward trickle of food and supplies and equipment which returned each fall as cotton made and ginned and sold … |
| 27 | Hence we present here the first rationalization of active-centre disallowed Ramachandran angles that are likely to play a direct role in protein function . |
| 28 | Back at Napo , the young cocoa trees in the nursery were growing well , and in February 1981 we planted out the first trees in our ‘ gene bank ’ . |
| 29 | But as we went up the first steep hill we quickly worked up a healthy sweat and removed our fleece jackets . |
| 30 | Overall , however , the expedition was a great success : ‘ Most of our aims were achieved , as — among other objectives — we confirmed the presence of five threatened species of mammal , we carried out the first study of bats in the area , and we gathered valuable information on the flora of the area , including the discovery of a new species , ’ she continued . |