Example sentences of "the first [noun] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I first heard the first noise I thought what the bloody hell 's that and I turned the sound down . |
| 2 | The first pay they got was two the the first I remember people gillying for the Stenness Hotel , their pay was two and six and a gill of whisky . |
| 3 | It was the first winter I became ugly : |
| 4 | The reaching was straightforward enough : at the first river we took off our boots , rolled up our trousers to mid-thigh and , dividing about thirty kilograms of photographic and emergency equipment between us , waded across . |
| 5 | The first patient we described presented with jaundice 15 months after beginning piroxicam . |
| 6 | She was the first patient I saw with pseudochyluria . |
| 7 | So we all got very excited because it was the first money we 'd spent for a long time . |
| 8 | The first work he went to see was The Sleeping Beauty , ‘ which you would hate , with sumptuous settings and dresses by Messel which you would adore . ’ |
| 9 | No. 1 was the first work she composed for herself to perform , and it is a pianistic tour de force . |
| 10 | She and Sheila had had disagreements before — not really surprising when you 'd known someone for twelve years , since the first day they had peered at the college noticeboard together . |
| 11 | Her mind drifted back to the first day they 'd seen Crystal Springs . |
| 12 | On the first day we got to the 17th , the Road Hole of course , which was a par-5 in those days , and he hit a great tee-shot . |
| 13 | We got about erm on the first day we got about forty case . |
| 14 | ‘ The scientists said , ‘ Oh , beware of the chiggers ’ , and the first day we went out , in our shorts and flip-flops , looking up in the trees for these chiggers — we thought they might be big furry things . |
| 15 | On the first day we have an assembly alright ? |
| 16 | er The first day we reckon we 'll have to cycle about er eleven hours , and the second day , slightly less time — ten hours probably , so it 's about twenty one hours cycling . |
| 17 | That 's what we remember on the first day we called her in chapel . |
| 18 | The first day she went to that school , I remember , we all followed her up the road to the bus-stop , laughing at her . |
| 19 | 1 Why did all the children laugh at Julie on the first day she went to her new school ? 2 How do you think Julie felt that day ? 3 Did you feel sorry for her then ? 4 Did you feel sorry for her later in the story ? 5 When Julie was left tied to the lamp post was it fair , unfair , cruel … or what ? 6 Whose fault was it that Julie and Bee stopped seeing each other ? 7 Why did Julie get hurts and what effect did it have on Bee ? 8 What were your feelings at the end ? |
| 20 | " Why are they doing all this work so early in the morning ? " she asked Captain Duro when he appeared on deck looking as spruce and polished as he had on the first day she met him . |
| 21 | And anyway , the first day she gave me right enough , she came round every morning with my breakfast and brought it into the lift for me . |
| 22 | But , the first day she gave me bread with jam and butter on it . |
| 23 | Marie told me I should n't leave it on when I ai n't in the room , and here I am — the first day she 's gone and I 've gone and left it on . |
| 24 | She says — at first he was quite nervous , but after the first day he became much more confident and started his David Bellamy act , waving his arms about … |
| 25 | On the first day he announced his new sponsorship deal with Everest — a return to the firm who supported him in the 70's when he rode for the Edgar yard . |
| 26 | ‘ The first day you came with your drawing . |
| 27 | And the first day you arrive you contrive to get hold of this ! |
| 28 | ‘ The first day I went into school wearing shalwar kameez a teacher said to me , ‘ Are you all right , Yasmin ? |
| 29 | He said the first day I went , I , I never sold anything except a couple of por a bit dubious , so he cooked half a dozen sausages , one bit of fish and did a few chips and said I bet we 'll be sitting here all day well every bugger come for fish and chips , had n't got none had they ! |
| 30 | On the first day I doubt whether you could feel them at all ! |