Example sentences of "[pers pn] [prep] [art] first [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | They all run the recently-released version 6 of the company 's Unix SVR4-based DRS/NX operating system , though Unix Systems Labs ' Destiny will appear on them during the first quarter of next year . |
| 2 | During cross examination Bobu , Dinca and Postelnicu at times wept openly , Bobu in particular confessing to " contemptible " conduct as the most senior member of the RCP leadership after Nicolae and Elena Ceausescu ( he had been with them during the first stage of their attempted escape on Dec. 22 , by helicopter from the central committee building in Bucharest , as had Manescu , who was a former Vice-President and Nicolae Ceausescu 's brother-in-law ) . |
| 3 | Susan uses me for the first person pronoun [ G2 ] , and unmarked past tense [ G4 ] in tell , see , pick and run , and she has initial /t/ in ting , " thing " [ P17 ] . |
| 4 | Offering the blond English boy — the one I was throwing water at now — half my lunch , and sitting there full of gratitude because he smiled , because he liked the taste of the piece of chicken dipped in cumin and saffron and he had smiled at me for the first time . |
| 5 | ‘ For instance , when you asked the official you met to find you some film-makers to talk to , he rung me up and spoke to me for the first time for years . |
| 6 | And at the end of the class , near the bust of Unamuno , I heard your voice calling to me for the first time . |
| 7 | Professor Ruiperez told me I need not start my classes until I was quite recovered , and the women in the office and the library spoke friendly words to me for the first time . |
| 8 | As the white cliffs of Dover receded and the coast of France drew near , the inimitable excitement of ‘ abroad ’ took hold of me for the first time — the only really positive emotion I had felt for twenty-six months . |
| 9 | He saw me for the first time . |
| 10 | At once she burst into tears and hugging me for the first time in years ( it seemed ) , cried , ‘ If only I had their faith ! ’ |
| 11 | Nigel turned his head to look at me for the first time and smiled in a kindly manner . |
| 12 | It occurred to me for the first time that he might not know whether or not I 'd lost the baby . |
| 13 | He glared up at me as though seeing me for the first time . |
| 14 | Suddenly , looking at me for the first time , ‘ Tell me , ’ she said , ‘ oh , tell me — what are you in ? ’ |
| 15 | Within a few days of seeing me for the first time , he summoned me once again to tell me that the Labour Party did not wish to continue with the action . |
| 16 | Just then he noticed me for the first time . |
| 17 | He looked at me for the first time when I said this . |
| 18 | It hit me for the first time that the bands and comedians were going to be performing here for free , for John , for us . |
| 19 | When my feeble protests were ignored back there it hit me for the first time that I was n't a civilian any more . |
| 20 | As she did so she seemed to notice me for the first time . |
| 21 | He nodded and he looked at me for the first time . |
| 22 | He looks at me for the first time . |
| 23 | He buggered me for the first time that night , reaching round and putting his hand over my mouth , tearing me in two . |
| 24 | Well that 's what everybody sings to me when them and they meet me for the first time or get introduced to me . |
| 25 | I now see that Travis is so smitten that he would n't accept anything but that , meeting me for the first time when I called at your apartment , you at once became very much attracted to me . |
| 26 | ‘ Can you imagine me as the First Lady ? ’ she asked a friend in 1962 . |
| 27 | If clay granules are used , it would be advisable to dry them first in the sun , and then spread them as the first layer , before putting the other layers of peat and sand . |
| 28 | Even so I did not expect my feet to be trouble-free after using them for the first time on a full day 's hiking in the Purbeck Hills . |
| 29 | At present , Akeakamai can understand sentences of up to five words , and can understand commands even when hearing them for the first time . |
| 30 | Swan 's ‘ guest ’ ( ie , unpaid ) lecturers are academics singing for their supper and for the chance to revisit sites and monuments , or sometimes visit them for the first time . |