Example sentences of "[vb base] [pers pn] [be] [art] first " in BNC.

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1 Campaigners say it 's the first step towards closure , but BR says it 's actually planning to spend more money on the line , not less .
2 Customs officers say it 's the first time European green law has been used in Britain this way .
3 Customs men say it 's the first time they 've used Cites to seize timber
4 Mr Collett 's employers say he was a first class driver .
5 I mean listen I 'm the first person to talk in in support of body piercing I look I have parts of my body pierced I like it but I do n't think standing around the street corners sort of revealing it is a nice thing to do .
6 Many critics suspect it is the first stage in the construction of the repository itself , a highly controversial project .
7 I mean we were the first show to put Demis Roussos on .
8 you know you 're the first priority and I
9 ‘ You 'll all have to do the same as me and put down the date and see , but if yer want ter know it 's the first of May . ’
10 Er yeah it is Stefan but because you know it 's the first one to come into leaf and the first one to shed , then possibly it will flower at a different time as well I would think and that may be the clue .
11 Actuality of warden describing the snake followed by interview where she sez it 's the first time she'stouched a grass snake and slow worms .
12 The economics ministry has kept mum about why it made its decision so abruptly , but most in the industry assume it is a first step towards rejoining an international quota system .
13 I guess I was the first person to develop the idea of the modular system : ie. everything from the preamp to the power amp was modular .
14 I suppose we were the first people in the 1960s to target our market and bring to people things that were well designed at an affordable price .
15 , Al Mutlaq 's divisional manager , saw immediate benefits : ‘ We believe we are the first company in the region to get this equipment .
16 I mean I suppose it is the first time , it 's the only film of its type , you , you know what I 'm getting at , it 's exactly the same thing we , we tried very hard to avoid in the access guide , actually being able to say what instead of just saying you know
17 I believe he was the first westerner to make contact with the Dalai Lama , who became a great friend .
18 NatWest believe it is the first bank in the world to offer this kind of computerised advisory service to business customers .
19 Police in Northumbria believe it is the first such attack on a house .
20 I guess it was the first time really in my life I 'd been totally left on my own .
21 I bet I 'm the first to realise !
22 I , I bet , I bet i I bet it 's the first time in your life you felt shi , yes come on !
23 Er of course it 's , it 's , it 's I think it 's more longwinded than er I mean it 's the first time you 've fully got into it , and it 's more longwinded than the fifteen minutes allows you erm but I , I thought you were doing quite well to be honest .
24 Well I mean it 's the first position ever of such sort .
25 You think I 'm the first girl ever to meet a man in secret ?
26 And whichever sort they happen to be , they always think they 're the first of their kind .
27 Though this technology is well-established in medicine , researchers in Japan 's electric power industry think they are the first to take tomography outdoors .
28 That 's right and I believe , well I think he was the first goalkeeper to throw the ball out .
29 I think it 's the first birdie I 've made there for about nine years , ’ he said .
30 I think it 's the first time she 'd actually seen Oliver look clean .
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