Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] [verb] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | I only get the first two options — everything else disappears off the bottom of the screen and reappears at the top , corrupted and unaffected by the mouse , even though CGA appears to be supported . |
| 2 | I only saw the first page which , in case you 've forgotten the system , shows the subject 's photograph , age , length of time spent in the employ of the company , when he — or she — joined us , when he — or she — left us . |
| 3 | I only had the first one to worry about . |
| 4 | I only watched the first 10mins of the FA cup game yesterday … funny how no mention was made of Pallisters hand ball in the box … or dick head schmeichal pushing Kamara in the face . |
| 5 | ‘ I only read the first one . |
| 6 | ‘ I would write about forty , and he said to me once : ‘ I always skip the first twenty because they 're not very good ! ’ ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I still remember the first name you told me . ’ |
| 8 | Following this I also heard the first performance of the Serenade with Peter and Dennis Brain at the Wigmore Hall in October 1943 . |
| 9 | I double take the first glimpse |
| 10 | I dimly recall the first broadcast performance of this piece in the 1940s and rarely lose an opportunity of hearing any new recording of it . |
| 11 | I now took the first positive steps , although still not without considerable misgivings . |
| 12 | I well remember the first one to be accepted , ‘ ’ Firmly I believe and truly ’ , which was sung for the first time at the dedication of Holy Cross College . |
| 13 | I then had the first of the mad ideas that helped to save our lives . |
| 14 | I therefore move the first special resolution . |
| 15 | ‘ I never expected the first scrap to be so easy , ’ Callaghan said . |
| 16 | I never forget the first morsel of professional advice I received : ‘ Play your own game , son , but keep the ball moving . ’ |
| 17 | Some longer than others , I never forget the first day in Liverpool , I was a |
| 18 | To prove the point his shrimpfly caught the first salmon for 15 years when Kilmaurs Angling Club , of which he is chief fund raiser , visited a river near Crianlarich . |
| 19 | But you always remember the first time . |
| 20 | Now before you go racing ahead there 's a couple of things that I need to tell you , so can I show you how to do the first one , and then you can race on with it . |
| 21 | This was why she initially opposed the first march from Coalisland to Dungannon , but the arguments of the Nationalists and the Republicans on direct action tactics had become dominant and she was outvoted . |
| 22 | Even now she vividly recalled the first time she saw Nader at the exclusive Royal Club , a dining , gambling and sports centre . |
| 23 | So I suggest you actually copy the first three notes of bar fifteen and then put the rest in correctly . |
| 24 | By doing so , we effectively answered the first part of the question of principle raised by the appeal , and decided that the court has the power in its inherent jurisdiction to override W. 's refusal to undergo the necessary treatment . |
| 25 | We eventually finished the first day 's walking . |
| 26 | ‘ It 's very early days — we only saw the first draft last month and it could be three years before it is implemented . |
| 27 | We just do the first thing and then we do the second thing . |
| 28 | We already have the first stage of economic and monetary union — the exchange rate mechanism — and it is already doing great damage to Britain . |
| 29 | In their writings we also see the first attempt to express the reality of the mystical life in the English language . |
| 30 | Over a third of the ‘ Eminence ’ output is new recordings , so we also have the first appearances on discs of Litton , Hough and Iŝan Edwards . |