First thing I knew he moved, and I looked up, and there was Dorry looking me right in the eye!
First thing you do is to go up and speak to the lady of the house and the lady of the party.
He gave away all of his little jobs to the rest of us first thing, and said he was content with what he had; but, pshaw!
First thing in the morning, Barbara and Ursula hung out the garland and name that Kate and Thekla had made, which had been taken in over-night, after the Queen's procession.
Such thirst was on me that I commonly drank the water off, first thing.
I met him on my way home, and he asked me first thing if I had seen Sir Cat.
First thing I thought about, soon as the war was over, was to come along and hunt you up.
First thing I knew a guard came along and informed me mighty politely that I wasn't in a smoking-carriage.
I phoned Scotland Yard and the Admiralty first thing.
First thing, though, how’d you ever come to get pinched by Doogan?
Oh, I guess I know men; and I sized you up, first thing, in the court-room.
First thing we know, there'll be a cylinder head blowing out, or a volcanic eruption, or something of that kind.
First thing we know, he'll duck down into some hollow, and that'll be the last of him for the night.
First thing we know, it'll be daylight, and then Will and George'll be calling out the police to find us.
Th' first thing he done was to get himsilf arristed.
First thing was a wash-bowl and pitcher, and to hear Mark talk about it you would have thought the King of England was all broken up because he was so far off he couldn't be there to bid on it.
The very first thing," declared the old gentleman.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "first thing" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.