Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] a first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Through the dingy gloom of this motionless train , I catch a first glimpse of my fellow travellers . |
| 2 | It 's interesting , actually , since I teach a first year class of biologists , where we do have rather more girls than boys , that erm as a class it works very well , possibly better than some of our own chemistry classes where there are fewer girls , and I do n't know whether this is because of the mix or not . |
| 3 | ‘ When I win a first set like that , I panic . ’ |
| 4 | As a communist leader who has , in his own way , resisted change said before ordering the tanks to go in , ‘ If you give a first step , it is never the last . ’ |
| 5 | You have a first course and a second course and could call it all I do n't know what you call it really , I never do know what to call it all . |
| 6 | And then you have a first look , but you do n't have |
| 7 | Herrick tells me you have a first draft two weeks away from completion . |
| 8 | Once you have a first brood then the stage is set for repetitions . |
| 9 | Yet satellite television is revolutionising entertainment as we know it in Britain today — the trouble is sometimes it sounds as if you need a first class degree to join in ! |
| 10 | ‘ We have a First Aid Room on the second floor , if the gentleman is n't feeling well . ’ |
| 11 | Whatever happens in 1992 we must all work to make our customers appreciate that they receive a first class service . |
| 12 | They get a first class view of the comings and goings of the national tabloid , including visits by pop stars in recent months . |
| 13 | " They have a first class officer who has leant over backwards to establish a low profile in dealing with immigrants . " |