Example sentences of "first [noun] [noun sg] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Successful collaboration during the first Whitehall study made it easier to agree on potentially difficult issues such as obtaining sickness absence records from the pay centres . |
| 2 | His first girl friend said he was ‘ not a groper : too much class ’ . |
| 3 | 5 B m : : L because society ( do n't want them in it ) B because , because them start / it off in first place dey know it 's wrong ( . ) |
| 4 | Or their first live-in girlfriend taught them quickly . |
| 5 | The first person angle puts you in the shoes of your character on the court . |
| 6 | The Father came out this morning to say that the hall could , one of the first things Father told him was that the hall could n't be insured , I mean it even staggered erm Doris , cos she 's not heard of that before , impressed , I do n't know what impressed is , but |
| 7 | After the first melting mouthful reminded her how hungry she was , it was much easier to push disturbing visions and hurt-filled memories to one side and devote her attention to the food . |
| 8 | ‘ I still dropped it , just as the first shock wave struck us . |
| 9 | THE first Batman film left me wondering what all the fuss was about . |
| 10 | External approval has come with the ISO9000 certification for quality systems — International Färg was the first paint company to get it in Sweden — and the momentum for improvement is maintained by a quality committee meeting every month . |
| 11 | It is believed the platform of the hoist toppled over the first floor balcony sending them crashing to the ground floor . |
| 12 | At a PEN Canada benefit event in Toronto last month , Salman Rushdie was cordially embraced by the Ontario Premier Bob Rae , the first government leader to meet him publicly since the Iranian fatwa . |
| 13 | In years to come , the children will be faced with the reality that their first photo session showed them crinkle-faced , bawling , yawning or just bored . |
| 14 | The Boer War brought the first murmurs of coalitionism , a sense of national crisis brought the first attempt to form a coalition , and the advent of the First World War made it a practical possibility . |
| 15 | The Second World War put an end to this age as surely as the First World War began it . |
| 16 | Never since the first world war have we had homeless teenage children begging in the streets . |
| 17 | If you remember your , from , from your history at school the , the , the first world war the Americans in the historic role of arriving at wars rather late erm came in to the first world war to win it for us erm and after it President Wilson who used to be professor of politics at Princeton , just put that in , er President Wilson created , essentially cos we were all bankrupt at the time as usual er the Americans the only ones who had any money left at the end of the wars , erm President Wilson helped to create the League of Nations , the forerunner of the United Nations but the U S senate refused to ratify the agreement . |
| 18 | If a first class student attempts them , he will usually find that the answer required is so long that it will throw his whole script out of balance . |
| 19 | The marquis 's voice had softened and for the first time Topaz gave him a wide smile . |