Example sentences of "we [verb] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | erm like you we read the first passage and it was kind of what 's what 's all this about if you was n't in the room and you did n't know what was being you have n't got a clue what was going on because it does n't tell you , but the rest of the sections that put down they do give a sort of brief analysis |
| 2 | The waves seemed to increase in size as we passed the first section of headland , continuing to smash with awesome power to our right , too close to our right ! |
| 3 | until we got the first order . |
| 4 | Middle of the following week and we got the first reconciliation yesterday . |
| 5 | It was on one of Mike 's rest days , when I went along with Christophe to do some sound recordings , that we got the first view of what was to become an obsession for Mike and me over the next two and a half years . |
| 6 | We report the first case of a patient with FAP who developed pancreatitis after routine screening and biopsy of the ampulla of Vater . |
| 7 | Here we encounter the first attempt to undo the category of ‘ man ’ , an enterprise which has caused more distress than most in the recent history of the social sciences . |
| 8 | Erm we approached the first project we were looking at the information we had available er , looking at the strength of the work a lot of information As you can see the er and , and looking at the er a definite lack of |
| 9 | But , after a glorious day 's exploring , by the time we turned for home the weather had become very wild , and as we approached the first barrier , waves were breaking fiercely over the road . |
| 10 | We stopped the first night at an inn on the banks of a river . |
| 11 | We smoke the first bag , throw a heap of indiscriminate clothing together and set off on our long journey to Wales , our bodies leaden and our lids heavy . |
| 12 | Moreover , if we adopted the first solution and applied it throughout , e would become ( the first three elements have been assumed zero ) unc which is clearly quite unacceptable for the later measurements . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's hard to believe we cut the first sod here only 15 months ago , ’ smiles John , who naturally did n't go into a project like this blind-folded . |
| 14 | The nicest thing about Duckhurst Farm 's clear round afternoons is the atmosphere : they are meant to encourage horse and rider and the owners were happy for me to trot round for five minutes before we faced the first fence . |
| 15 | We spent the first day climbing on Anglesey 's big sea cliffs to prove that we could climb at an extreme level . |
| 16 | We spent the first day getting over the long flight ( though with only three hours time difference there was no appreciable jet-lag ) and having a look round the town . |
| 17 | In 1938 we began the first School Broadcasts for the province , and I was in charge of production . |
| 18 | We birdied the first couple of holes and we were on top of the world . |
| 19 | I Chairman on that decision and we re-take the first vote on amendment nine . |
| 20 | Strach said before the match ‘ if we get the first goal , then there 's only gon na be one winner ’ — fair enough , but you 've got to get the first goal . |
| 21 | Here is where we get the first hint of dialogue between the atmospheric gases and the radiations from the sky : for the radiations provide the energy for many of these reactions to occur . |
| 22 | Here we get the first hint of why those in the occult and the New Age of paganism use special techniques and paraphernalia . |
| 23 | If , then , we define the first aim of college as being to provide an intellectual training in the useful arts , we might leave both schools to continue their debate on what exactly constitutes usefulness in a rapidly-changing economic and social world . |
| 24 | It is not surprising that in this period of increased sensitivity to the emerging ecological problem we find the first Utopia based upon ecological as well as social ideals . |
| 25 | Can we have the first question again please ? |
| 26 | Remember what he said when we called the first time ? |
| 27 | We watched the first recording , the questions were easy . |
| 28 | In the Cox Report we repeated the first sentence quoted above from Kingman and went on to make the following recommendation : |
| 29 | We pay the first cost on all human life . |
| 30 | We knew the first violin would be able to play a bit — he was , after all , Leon Spierer , the concert-master of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra — but what of the rest ? |