Example sentences of "with [pers pn] [prep] [art] first " in BNC.

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1 During cross examination Bobu , Dinca and Postelnicu at times wept openly , Bobu in particular confessing to " contemptible " conduct as the most senior member of the RCP leadership after Nicolae and Elena Ceausescu ( he had been with them during the first stage of their attempted escape on Dec. 22 , by helicopter from the central committee building in Bucharest , as had Manescu , who was a former Vice-President and Nicolae Ceausescu 's brother-in-law ) .
2 Asked if they would lose respect for a woman who was prepared to sleep with them on a first date , 24% neither agree nor disagree ; 18% strongly disagree ; 17% tend to disagree ; 16% tend to agree ; 15% strongly agree and 10% do n't know .
3 In an effort to improve its PR , the country 's most prestigious hunt , pictured above this weekend , invited a journalist to ride out with them for the first time .
4 The onus lies with them in the first place , because the design of the programmes of study is their responsibility .
5 ‘ Good , ’ said the corporal , ‘ because we 're always gentle with you on the first day . ’
6 I should n't have said I 'd come up here with you in the first place .
7 Eternal damnation for ever getting tied up with you in the first place ? ’
8 She was picturing her daughter , her beloved Angel , and as the pony stepped daintily over the cobbles she was counting the minutes until she was with her for the first time in nearly six months .
9 Francie grinned , and joined in with her after the first few phrases .
10 Athena appears in the first and last and in one other at each end ; Hermes with her in the first and without her in the Cerberus , where his presence is necessary as the hero 's guide to the Underworld .
11 The ascent in 1865 was just a week before Whymper climbed the Matterhorn , Moore was partnered by Horace Walker , who , the same year , was with him on the first ascent of the Brenva Ridge on Mt Blanc , and by guide Jakob Anderegg .
12 In fact , my sheer busyness had squeezed out the close intimacy I had known with him during the first few months of the year after my operation .
13 Prized most of all was the collection of classical poetry — from John Donne to Robert Browning — which enhanced the Hebraic and Yiddish verse that had been with him from the first .
14 With Keith , I fell head over heels in love with him from the first time we met , and I 'd only been going out with him two weeks and he asked me to get engaged .
15 What on earth has it got to do with him in the first place ?
16 ‘ Why the fuck did you get involved with him in the first place ? ’
17 Can you give me some idea of erm h how you started up with him in the first place ?
18 Others were with us for the first time — students from the Darlington area .
19 Will my hon. Friend confirm that , if the Government were to introduce proposals to toughen up sentencing policy — to impose stiffer sentences — we could look forward to Opposition Members agreeing with us for the first time ?
20 ‘ But we can take heart from the Celtic and Leeds results and carry a lot of optimism with us into the first leg in Germany .
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