Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [pron] [noun sg] first " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | It was Sonny who managed to find his voice first . |
| 2 | Actually I was so anxious to have him that I would have said anything — but I did put my marriage first , I made that choice , and although it meant I had many , many years of frustration as an actress , I 'm not sorry I made that choice . |
| 3 | The second suspect was a resident of Consett , but on the night in question his wife had given birth to their first child , and the doctor and the midwife both vouched for the fact that the man had never left the house after he came in from work at half-past five until he went to work the next morning , an hour after he had heard his son first cry . |
| 4 | The communist want to return to this old policy but had to consolidate his position first with rent and interest reductions . |
| 5 | There was no privacy , no curtain round the sink , so you had to do your top first , keep your nightdress on , wash your bottom part and hope people were n't looking . |