Example sentences of "[num ord] thing [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first thing to say about the detective , him or her , is that he or she need not be a professional . |
| 2 | I bet that was the first thing to go into the fire . |
| 3 | The first thing to note about the raw strategy is that it dearly wants to have it all . |
| 4 | The first thing to note about the observation that Pooh is making in Figure 2 is that it is , amongst other things , an action : something which Pooh does . |
| 5 | The first thing to note about the preface is that it needs to be read . |
| 6 | Sufferers will deny that their problems have any connection with alcohol or drugs or other addictive substances or behaviour and will protect their employment until it is almost the very last thing to go before the final total surrender to addiction . |