Example sentences of "[pers pn] [pron] [vb past] the first " in BNC.

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1 Was n't interested in sc Well I mean interest I suppose But I think what it was to start with I I missed the first term , you know after passing for the county , I missed the first term .
2 erm like you we read the first passage and it was kind of what 's what 's all this about if you was n't in the room and you did n't know what was being you have n't got a clue what was going on because it does n't tell you , but the rest of the sections that put down they do give a sort of brief analysis
3 As he reached them he heard the first of the police sirens in the distance .
4 It was he who made the first approaches … "
5 It was he who stopped the first , suddenly drawing himself up , searching in the pockets of his jacket for a handkerchief .
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