-- The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway, "When I think of my wife, I always think of her head." The 4 Types of Sentence Structure. Wouldn't it be foolish to abandon the carefully laid plans that had helped her achieve her goals in the first place? The evolution consists first in progressive increase in size; second, in the acceleration of the median digit and retardation of the lateral digit s, the latter becoming more and more elevated from the ground until finally in Equus (6) they are the lateral splints, which in the embryonic condition have vestigial cartilages attached representing the last traces of the lateral phalanges. I re played the recording of our aborted final session and had judged it incorrectly when I first listened. She objected at first, but finally submitted. I don't know how I got into this situation in the first place. He predicts that within twenty years, the first person to live to one thousand will be born. You were one of the first threads in this web. Her first thought was that it was a puppy someone had dropped off. It may seem intuitive at first glance, this idea that somehow there are only so many jobs and if you replace people with machines, people have fewer jobs. They are names for people, streets, books, movies, restaurants, countries, rivers, songs, etc. And when I... hugged you... you didn't seem to mind at first. The four of us retreated to the first floor, amid a rain of questions while he remained upstairs. she asked. But first, I have a minor chore to undertake. Then he began with the first word on the first page and read the first story aloud without making one mistake. At first the piglet stuck in the neck of the vase and I thought I should get him, after all, but he wriggled himself through and fell down into the deep bottom part--and I suppose he's there yet. Others simply strike me because they resonate on some deep level of which Iâm unaware. When Dean first introduced himself, the young lady continued with her engaging smile until it became obvious she had no idea what he was saying—even after he sputtered the half-dozen words of Spanish he knew. Decide on an interjection to use first that makes sense with your sentence. I don't remember the last three numbers but the first two were forty-five. It's difficult to see first of its kind in a sentence . It would be the first time in an airplane for her and she wanted details of what to expect. -- Jane Austen. First, in the magnitude of what it claims, and second, in the degree to which it differs from what pessimists predict. I never meant to push myself on you in the first place. (He is a pronoun.) I didn't know the key was getting here first. How to use First in a sentence as a noun. The first mechanism is the creation of things, an old and familiar approach. Some first sentences have a magnetic power and draw me in, raising my curiosity, nearly forcing me to read on. Words like John, Japan, Mars, Fifth Avenue, Ginza, etc, are all proper nouns. Tammy was finally allowed to swim to her heart's content... apparently for the first time. "Let's get some food in you first," Cynthia said. That sounds like your kind of logic - always thinking of the other person first. The meet Thursday was the first of its kind in the Gulf. Sometimes we use the word one as an adjective, as in "I'll have just one scoop of ice-cream," and we seldom have trouble with that usage. The first priority was rescuing children. Perhaps it was a resurgence of his forgotten priestly training but for the first time, Howie was more lucid than I. I laid her gently and silently on the floor and proceeded to the first stall, and slipped it open with my knife. Between times we made plans for a trip to Iowa where I'd meet my in-laws for the first time and we'd firm up plans for our October wedding, to be held on Betsy's home turf. He loved receiving many presents! Once Damian came back, Dusty was going on his first vacation ever. He sensed rather than heard movement on the first floor. "Somewhere you're not supposed to be in the first place," Cynthia prodded. Betsy booked three adjoining room, on the first floor, with a view of the pool. They indicate one specific thing, they point to one and only one example of a type. At first she was too stunned to respond, and then passion hit her like the fiery breath of a dragon. Alder's Bridge was re-named Brockville, after the first soldier fatality of World War Two! But first I deserve a reward for my intuitive skills. I was walking from the opposite direction so everything looked backwards at first glance. No one else connected the two murders because they were so sure I did the first one. You let me go the first time because you knew I was your mate. Join the HuffPost community â itâs free! At first his mother tried to answer all his questions. -- Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn, "The memories materialized slowly...like bubbles surfacing slowly from the darkness of a bottomless well." I don't really know, but I think I answered one of the first calls they made. Everybody loved her, and this was the first time she had whispered that day. And there we have the subject of the sentence. But, the better question is, \"Who or what ran?\" The dog. But first I must thank these poor people. In second person, the subject is being spoken to, and you (either singular or plural) is the subject. Only the first two numbers, 'cause it was my age. "When we first came here," he began in a quiet voice, "I used to walk all over these hills.". Such was the way in which the first true English poem was written. --Next, James Hynes, SUBURBAN MADAM DEAD IN APPARENT SUICIDE He was very young when he was first sent to school. That's when it first crossed my mind that you might be the one. When Martha first came here, we thought I might be pregnant, remember? Again he bent his head and his lips questioned hers gently at first, and then with more emotion when she responded. The vamp's head exploded with the first shot of his hand cannon, the bullet missing Bianca by a couple inches. Quinn looked first at his wife and then stood up. -- The Corrections, Jonathan Franzen, "The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed." Jonny glanced at Jenn, as if noticing for the first time that she wasn't armed. First off, I don't have the words to tell you how grateful I am for what you and your guys did for us. Dean knew Joe Calvia; they'd met when he was first dating Cynthia. First she dusted the dining room and polished the silverware. -- George Orwell, 1984, "Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." first. What was your first thought when you felt the power surge? or Is John here? It is a way of organizing words in a sentence. They're presented in no particular order. Part of HuffPost Entertainment. Caleb knelt in a grotto of the tunnel, and at first she thought he had fallen, too. We barely slept that night, in eager anticipation of glimpsing our first rays of sunshine! For the first time, Cassie realized what a target they had been around the fire at night. It is something that must happen before a 2nd thing happens. The subject is the noun that's doing or being something. If someone were to ask you, "What is the main verb in a sentence?" Yeah, and I bet he started a long time ago on his first run. The first one that passes the place where the Princess sits shall be named the winner. (George is a noun.) It may be a "hook" or may operate on a more subtle level, if it does at all. First sentence examples. We braced our ladder against the wall and played a game of numbers to see who would the first to climb. Important conversations are happening now. It might make me a few minutes late meeting with Jackson but all the more time for Brennan to speak with him first. "You won't last beyond my first punch," came the scoff. In the first ten years of attempting to make better hybrids, Borlaug's group made more than six thousand crossings of wheat. You claimed me the first time you touched me, he said with a smile. I should have sent Howie packing that first weekend. First I'd talk to you about why you disobeyed. His first vision was that of Bianca's wet, pale face with dark curls stuck to her cheeks. It's not like you and I who remember our parents; he literally just met his mother for the first time! The first cars were called "horseless carriages." It was the first time Darkyn ever brought his daughter up. First, nutrition is a very primitive science. But it was a good hot meal that brought me into the diner the first time. We did so although the driving was downright dangerous for the first fifty miles. Then she unbuttoned the first few buttons on his shirt and slipped her arms around his neck. In the First World War, we learned to treat wounds by washing them with a germicide. At first she thought it was Yancey, and then she realized it was Allen. Others simply strike me because they resonate on some deep level of which I'm unaware. Still, it was her first car and one with memories packed into it. First, many things in the physical world that we think of as scarce are not really scarce, just presently beyond our ability to capture. he demanded. 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