Example sentences of "[adv prt] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | As they turned into the straight on the first circuit Mill House , jumping like a buck , had the lead , with Arkle pulling hard in his wake and taking his fences superbly . |
| 2 | In the main part of the building the paintings are hung on the first and second floors . |
| 3 | practice of using a white number on a small blue plate hung on the first window pillar . |
| 4 | He drop-kicked the telegram away , went out for a drink and turned up months later on the first day of filming amiable as an old soldier . |
| 5 | Then Lebensraum became available in Venice in the Sixties , when he took on the first floor of the Palazzo Malpiero Trevisani in Campo Santa Maria Formosa . |
| 6 | Increase the time on the outbound leg by half the difference between the time taken on the first turn from the entry heading ( 145° above ) and from the hold axis . |
| 7 | The CIT thanks Transport Development Group for the fine portrait of Philip Henman which now hangs on the first floor landing at 80 Portland Place . |
| 8 | When a popular war hero emerged , like Lt William Leefe Robinson , awarded the VC in 1916 for shooting down the first enemy airship over British soil , the jobbing printers , metal benders and celluloid crimpers worked overtime . |
| 9 | They had slipped down the First Division , losing five consecutive League matches . |
| 10 | If applying two coats , lightly rub down the first coat when it is dry to form a good key for the second coat . |
| 11 | Prime with two to three coats of eggshell , thinning down the first one with white spirit to avoid ridges . |
| 12 | He turned down the first street he came to , turned left , right , left again , he walked down a hill , along an alley , through a deserted square , but still he could n't find one anywhere . |
| 13 | However , when you lay them down the first card is laid on the M of mutus and the second on the m of nomen . |
| 14 | ‘ Boy ’ Mould had served in France with 1 Squadron in 1939/40 , where he had shot down the first German aircraft to be claimed by R.A.F. fighters over the Western Front ; he had over eight victories to his credit at this time . |
| 15 | Mowed down the first time she left her new baby son |
| 16 | But what was the nature of the opposition , in particular from the Municipal Alliance , which had in 1900 brought down the first labour council in West Ham ? |
| 17 | I also tracked down the first lieutenant of the submarine and one of the two soldiers carried on board and they confirmed the killings . |
| 18 | He ran down the first alleyway he came to , across the next street , over gardens and waste ground , and finally slowed to a stop , listening to the still night . |
| 19 | When Razor went down the first time I was shouting and jumping up and down , ’ she said . |
| 20 | Note down the first thoughts that come into your head and follow where they lead ; but do try to answer all the questions . |
| 21 | Crosby is determined to buy this week to halt the Roker slide down the First Division table . |
| 22 | Then take one step backwards again ( to the ‘ a ’ node ) and down the next route forwards ( to the ‘ c ’ node ) , and so on down the first route from each node , until the end of the graph is again reached ( i.e. the complete candidate string ljaclc ) . |
| 23 | I walked down the first fairway in a relaxed and peaceful mood , despite my early departure from my bed . |
| 24 | Three hundred and forty years later , in 1918 , the National Education Association and the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools , in the United States , approved the so-called Certain Standards ( named after the chairman of its working party , Carl Caspar Certain ) which laid down the first standard specifications for a secondary school library . |
| 25 | Stephen had turned down the first set of plans out of hand . |
| 26 | Rapidly gulping down the first drink ( or starting on spirits before changing to beer or wine ) may be indicative of craving for the " feel " of alcohol . |
| 27 | This regime , however , did not always guarantee a satisfactory result , as in the case of the tower he added to Wroxton church , Oxfordshire ( 1747–8 ) , the top stage of which rapidly collapsed — as Walpole pointedly reported : ‘ Mr Miller … unluckily once in his life happened to think rather of beauty than of the water-tables , and so it fell down the first winter ’ — but that does not seem to have affected his popularity . |
| 28 | By trimming down the first act , they kept the pace going , and the second act benefited . |
| 29 | Lisa dived in hungrily , spreading butter and honey on a croissant , and reflecting as she washed down the first bite with coffee that it was even more delicious than it looked . |
| 30 | She dived down the first alleyway , until she came to the window beside the white door with the red strip on the step . |