Example sentences of "and then the first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and then the first day I stop , I 've usually got flu , I 'm exhausted , I ca n't get out of bed , I feel rotten , but if I keep going for like , three weeks to a month , just on six hours , that 's fine , but the first day I stop I 'm like , in bed for a week ill usually . |
| 2 | Those who believe that klaxon horns or traffic lights ( as used elsewhere ) , would more securely given warnings overlook the long tradition of the British flagman , one of whom by law carried a red flag before the early railway locomotives and then the first motorcars . |
| 3 | It was patented in Germany sixteen years later as an appetite suppressor ( and then the First World War happened … ) . |
| 4 | and all she can think of to say is ( and here he mimicked a heavy filmstar accent which actually was nothing like the actress in the film at all , because the woman in the film is an ordinary , decent , hardworking woman ) , ‘ Oh dahlink , I 'ave missed you so much , ’ and then the first thing she does after waiting for him to come home for seven fucking years is to leave the fucking gas on while she 's making his coffee , and then of course she 's so tense that she just ca n't wait for a fag , she lights up , there you go ; bang . |
| 5 | They talked to each other again , and then the first horse made clear signs for me to follow him . |
| 6 | And then the first shells fell near us . |