Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [pron] [noun sg] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | I told him mine first . |
| 2 | I did my hair first thing , so now I untie the ribbon and shake it free . |
| 3 | I had it north first , Stirling did n't I ? |
| 4 | But this time when I go back I mean to stay and die there , because , let me tell you ’ — she wagged her finger first at the Colonel and then at Reginald — ‘ there 's a time coming when there 'll be no France and very little England , or any place else . ’ |
| 5 | She found his blood first , spattered in the grey slush underfoot , and then , a little way beyond , the assassin himself , reduced to a lumpen form in the gutter . |
| 6 | Avril had been advised to have chemotherapy , but she wanted her wedding first . |
| 7 | And we made within two minutes to sort out what we were going to , or we decided what charity first , then we decided two would decide on the script while the others cut out relevant pieces that we thought might be useful words . |
| 8 | We saw her room first . |
| 9 | As a poet , he made his mark first in 1712 with the publication of Nereides : Or , Sea-Eclogues , Callipædia and Dryades . |