Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] [pos pn] first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't have long to wait for my first recovery , because the next day a kid arrived at the house carrying the ghastly yellow-coated corpse of a starling . |
| 2 | You 're ready to go for your first sail . |
| 3 | I have Phil to thank for my first break on the Cutters . |
| 4 | It is common for patients to appear for their first out-patient appointment with one or other of these problems , which has been going on for the previous few weeks . |
| 5 | You will continue to train during your first posting [ normally to a shore-based establishment ] when you will gain your City & Guilds 706/1 . |
| 6 | You said you wanted to come on my first canoe-trip . ’ |
| 7 | Given the standard-setting qualities of the team 's FW15 car , which will make its racing debut at Kyalami in 12 weeks , there is every chance Hill may not only win his first race with the Didcot team but also go on to challenge for his first title . |
| 8 | A NEW TV detective will use breaks between programmes to embark on his first case — to track down investors in the latest sale of BT shares to the public . |
| 9 | In 1979 , when Lloyd Webber severed his links with both Tim Rice and his previous producers , the Robert Stigwood Organisation , to embark on his first solo venture , Cats , potential backers were suddenly thin on the ground . |
| 10 | He finished with a disappointing 72 to go with his first round of 71 . |
| 11 | In line with recent methodological trends , the stories are enjoyable for their own sake , and aim to resemble as closely as possible the style of book children would choose to read in their first language . |
| 12 | Apart from the strong suspicion that the revenue officers of Wigtown were rather too closely associated with smuggling , their failure to determine at their first survey the proper quantity of dutiable iron imported by Bailie Hooks suggested a method of changing the composition of the town council when the vital election of a delegate to represent the burgh at the ensuing parliamentary election was to be held . |
| 13 | Since then he 's had to live through his first wife being run over and his second screen love , unconvincing animal righter and hippie chick Kerry Bishop , being shot dead by illegal duck hunters . |
| 14 | That 's how long it took the 18-year-old to score with his first touch on his Roker Park debut . |
| 15 | It never occurred to me to live with my first husband . |
| 16 | Sunderland wanted £4,000 and their manager , Bob Kyle , said it would be worth it for the twenty goals Buchan was bound to score in his first season at Highbury . |
| 17 | A chaffinch that is isolated from birth will only sing a very crude chaffinch song when it comes to sing in its first year ( Figure 3.10b — compare the normal chaffinch song in Figure 3.10a ) . |
| 18 | He had learnt to cook in his first bedsit as a student . |
| 19 | Four weeks pregnant , she was standing in line waiting to pay for her first maternity dress when things began to go wrong . |
| 20 | I had to think of her seeing the copy of my cock on Monday , I had to think of her first thinking , ‘ Golly , what a nut ’ , and then finding she had to stare uncontrollably at the specific image of my cock , boyoing , had to file that image away in a secret file folder where she filed away all my asterisk memos , and that some night working late , she 'd reach her long arms down to that drawer and bring out the asterisk file and go through the pages , asterisk after asterisk , until she found my cock . |
| 21 | In both the UK and the US over 40 per cent of workers are expected to stay with their first employer for over 20 years ( Collier and Knight 1985 p.21 ) . |
| 22 | There are schools that give parents detailed questionnaires to complete on their first visit . |
| 23 | The sub-committee might then find it is helpful to note any immediately available information about good practice elsewhere and consider the questions which they propose to ask during their first consultation with the head teacher . |
| 24 | The downpour during the final session ruined the chances of a number of riders , including McWilliams , to improve upon their first session times . |
| 25 | What er encouraged you to move from your first shop t t t t t t t to Valley Stores ? |
| 26 | In between college courses and jobs as an ad executive , Elizabeth always took time out to return to her first love — travelling . |
| 27 | Your decision here will obviously depend to some extent on whether you already have an aircraft radio and just how much you are prepared to spend on your first model . |
| 28 | However , all this was in the future and hard to visualise on our first visit . |
| 29 | McWilliams was still having problems with the suspension on his Yamaha during the final practice session and said afterwards : ‘ I needed a higher starting position to have a chance tomorrow but I have learned a lot and I 'm going to prepare for my first World championship by having a good nights sleep . ’ |
| 30 | Ehiogu , who wrote begging letters to clubs after refusing to sign for his first club West Bromwich Albion , will be making his first starting appearance in the Premier League . |