Example sentences of "they [verb] [pos pn] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | They wash them , help them perform the intimate functions of relieving bladder and bowels , change dressings on wounds , give medicine , help them take their first steps after an operation , make beds , waken them up , tell them to go to sleep , close their eyes when they die . |
| 2 | One Saturday last November , they got their first taste . |
| 3 | The air-conditioning roared softly and they got their first drinks as they came out of the tunnel and on to the New Jersey marshes where gulls circled the refuse dumps among a forest of concrete stilts carrying the highways south . |
| 4 | There were a few scares at the death , nothing happened , just they got their first corner after about 90 mins … and after last year … however nothing came of it ( or their second and last corner 3 mins into injury time ) , except one header which Lukic watched wide . |
| 5 | And footballers booked a perm as soon as they got their first team place . |
| 6 | Once the English champions found their way into the Canberra half , 27 minutes into the game , they made their first attack count . |
| 7 | They made their first mistake when they tried to sell some ‘ stolen ’ emeralds to a Hatton Garden dealer . |
| 8 | On the way they passed their first wedding anniversary during this extended honeymoon and received presents of grapefruit , chocolate , duck eggs , paw-paws and a nautilus shell from people they stayed with in remote spots . |
| 9 | Over forty disabled ex-servicemen were employed within a month , and they produced their first million poppies within two months . |
| 10 | The winger is likely to have a more attacking role for Northern Ireland next week , when they make their first ever trip to Lithuania . |
| 11 | As an example , take someone who tries to give up smoking and thinks that they have lost the fight completely when they want their first cigarette . |
| 12 | Manufacturers — such as Compaq Computer Corp , which rushed to discuss its Pentium plans in general terms , say they expect their first Pentium machines to list for as little as $4,500 , half the price set for early model 80486 machines in 1989 . |
| 13 | Manufacturers — such as Compaq Computer Corp , which rushed to discuss its Pentium plans in general terms , say they expect their first Pentium machines to list for as little as $4,500 , half the price set for early model 80486 machines in 1989 . |
| 14 | In March of this year they entered their first dog show at Ardingly and Tammy [ the brown one ] did quite well , and Mike and Anne were hooked . |
| 15 | He said : ‘ They received their first proper wage slips on Saturday and half the players were not pleased . |
| 16 | Twenty-five minutes later they received their first back-bearing from Darwin , indicating that they were one degree north of track . |
| 17 | Such children were excluded from the date they received their first dose of the different treatment . |
| 18 | This weekend they played their first game there against the London Gators . |
| 19 | They recalled their first days . |
| 20 | While they ate their first course , a delicately flavoured clear soup , Nathan told her about the winemaking establishments which lay along the shore to the south of the town . |
| 21 | Midfielder Jamie Pollock scored his first League goal in superb style for Boro , but they suffered their first League defeat since mid-January . |
| 22 | As soon as they emerge , they face their first hazard , the race through their mother 's fur to her pouch . |
| 23 | In May they released their first single , ‘ Eleven O'Clock Tick Tock ’ , and spent the rest of the summer touring Britain . |
| 24 | Often a son or daughter will have been on the brink of a promising career when they developed their first symptoms . |
| 25 | They spent their first months , sometimes a year , bound tightly in swaddling bands . |
| 26 | They finished their first course in silence . |
| 27 | Vaux Durham Senior League FELLING , on a day when the weather was the real winner , created history when they recorded their first league victory . |
| 28 | Students who are normally resident in Northern Ireland are not normally eligible for postgraduate awards from award-giving bodies in Great Britain even if they undertook their first degree at a university or polytechnic in Great Britain . |
| 29 | Does that mean even before they pay their first premium ? |
| 30 | It 's fifty years since they delivered their first hot lunch . |