Example sentences of "[pers pn] take the first [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | As it was soon to be finally and completely demolished , I took the first opportunity of looking round and about the old shed to see if I could find something , anything , of interest relating to the depot to add to my growing collection of ‘ Railwayana ’ . |
2 | On the first note of the following eight-bar break I took the first step , missed the second and somersaulted down the rest , orchestrated by drum rolls and cymbal crashes as the rest of the band dissolved into discord . |
3 | I got her letter yesterday and I took the first plane . |
4 | The next day I took the first bus back to New York . |
5 | But before I take the first step out of here , I think I 'll feel pretty good about the knowledge and inquisitive spirit I 've been able to share and the doors I 've helped open . |
6 | Someone who can not predict what will happen after he or she takes the first drink . |
7 | Here she takes the first round , |
8 | You will not be the first debtor they 've had to deal with , and their experience and understanding could help you take the first step on the road to recovery . |
9 | You will not be the first debtor they 've had to deal with , and their experience and understanding could help you take the first step on the road to recovery . |
10 | She took the first train home . |
11 | She took the first set 6-4 but a sideways stretch to make contact with an English passing shot had the Belfast girl in trouble . |
12 | So she took the first lot back you know , the two boxes |
13 | A Miss , that 's right , she took the first class . |
14 | But you would n't have C command , I mean that if you take the first structure in seven , that 's just the one in T three . |
15 | The position is , looking at appendix one , and if you take the first triangle , which has got nineteen ninety three , ninety four below it , that 's showing that we started off with no clients , and then by the end of the year we expect to have a number of people in our care , receiving services , to which we have a degree of commitment . |
16 | But it , yeah , I mean I quite take all of these qualifications but if sh if you take the first couple of paragraphs does n't it seem to be a call to , to radical land reform ? |
17 | And I said , if you take the first dose tonight . |
18 | The only Excuse me , er no , we even had Abbot , A double B , er did n't always get in front but I think it should have done you know , you take the first letter and then you take the . |
19 | I went across and yes it 's , you have to go back er a a a again , and when the road narrows , just after the , the , the narrow in the road , you take the first left . |
20 | If we take the first sentence of extract ( I ) as S , and present it below as ( 2a ) , we can also present the negation of S , as ( 2b ) , and the logical presupposition , S' , as ( 2c ) . |
21 | By learning to listen , by switching our attention to our inner world , we take the first steps towards creating joy and success in our lives . |
22 | They took the first turning after the hotel and began to climb towards the Jenner Clinic . |
23 | He takes the understandable view that it is for him to take the first steps in Russia , which he is doing to keep the scientists in Russia . |
24 | But true to his plan not to do anything to interrupt , or to deflect me from , my studies , while I was up at Oxford , he took the first opportunity , now that I had gone down , to enlist my services with The Criterion . |
25 | And of course on the morning it was difficult to tell because before he took the first test he appeared to be fine until really the , the very last minute . |
26 | In 1910 he took the first division examination for the Civil Service and secured a place in the Home Office , which he joined in 1911 . |
27 | Either he took the first plane to Dublin , or he rejected them out of hand . |
28 | He took the first job he could find , washing dishes at the Wang Garden , a Chinese restaurant two blocks down the street from the hotel . |
29 | Keith Waugh was armed with only the vaguest canine knowledge when he took the first steps along his career path . |
30 | What stops us taking the first step and using it ? |