Example sentences of "first [noun] [adv] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The nature of public goods explains why defence and law and order were the first areas where government provision became dominant . |
| 2 | First check how power reaches the socket from which you plan to run the spur — we 'll call this socket A. It may be supplied by a ring circuit ( there will be two circuit cables emerging from the 30amp fuseway ) , or a radial circuit ( only one cable at the fuseway ) . |
| 3 | Hidden by her handmaids she is seen to blush , then turns to Actaeon and throws water in his face to blind him , to stop him seeing her naked , but that is not enough and she knows it is not enough , and soon he feels the horns growing on his forehead , dat sparso capiti vivacis cornus cervis , she caused to grow on his head the horns of the long-lived stag , as if the cost of seeing her naked had to be death , first metamorphosis then death . |
| 4 | And now he 's broken free from the pattern and from the addictions , first alcohol then cocaine . |
| 5 | The waistline is usually the first area where fat accumulates , and so the presence of well developed and well defined abdominals is an obvious sign of an excellent physical state . |
| 6 | MIDDLESBROUGH face a tough challenge to end a losing run when they entertain Coventry in the British Speedway Promoters ' Association first round tomorrow night . |
| 7 | ‘ Dorothy , I think the best thing would be if you went home now and reported to me here , first thing tomorrow morning . |
| 8 | Then it will be first thing tomorrow morning for making the sandwiches . |
| 9 | Get yourself a good night 's sleep , and first thing tomorrow morning I 'll put you into a hot bath . |
| 10 | I 'll come round first thing tomorrow morning and we can have another jaw then . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'll ask Annunziata to bring you hot water and towels first thing tomorrow morning . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ See me first thing tomorrow morning . ’ |
| 13 | I was wondering where the hell I can get my hair done first thing tomorrow morning . ’ |
| 14 | You can start first thing tomorrow morning by going to that dry cleaner 's on the Kentish Town Road . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Certainly not , but he soon will , I promise you , and we shall be down seeing Penver first thing tomorrow morning . ’ |
| 16 | I will go to see Ken Hurren first thing tomorrow morning and tell him that Summerchild was working on defence . |
| 17 | ‘ First thing tomorrow morning that young lady 's in for trouble . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I told her that we 'd ring again first thing tomorrow morning . |
| 19 | ‘ But be sure you 're in first thing tomorrow morning . |
| 20 | So she goes , I want it first thing tomorrow morning , and I mean like this is talking like , we 're talking major here ! |
| 21 | I 'll do that first thing tomorrow morning |
| 22 | After the price of Dixons shares staged a strong rise on Tuesday , Kingfisher felt obliged to broadcast a statement to the Stock Exchange first thing yesterday morning saying a bid was in the offing . |
| 23 | I rang and told her first thing yesterday morning . |
| 24 | He celebrated the occasion , appropriately enough in Bristol , by helping to polish off Gloucestershire 's first innings yesterday morning . |
| 25 | The multi-disciplinary/inter-disciplinary nature of communications can , however , make it very disjointed , particularly in the first year when sociology , psychology , and so on , are studied as separate subjects between which little connection is made . |
| 26 | Even the tracks that wash over you the first time around act as aural traps on second and third listens . |
| 27 | For the first time ever film has become something real for me , and that 's why I go to see it , I want to get right inside it , so that I can really be alive . ’ |
| 28 | For the first time ever performance targets will be set , widely published and rigorously monitored ; fare levels will reflect the standards set ; and discounts will be paid to regulate travellers where performance targets are not met . |
| 29 | For the first time ever Unix is teetering on the brink of real consolidation , with all its hopes focused on a humble billionaire businessman who wears $180 suits , plays golf with $90 clubs from a discount outlet and bought Unix in time for Christmas . |