Example sentences of "back the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Healey was able to pay back the first instalment of £2 billion to the IMF with some ease , and indeed the full IMF loan proved to be unnecessary , while income-tax allowances were raised and a bonus for Christmas could be afforded for old-age pensions . |
| 2 | Pakistan 's start was not quite as grim as India 's at Headingley in 1952 , when the first four batsmen were out before a run had been registered , nor did it quite compare with Australia 's second innings at Brisbane in 1950 , when Bedser and Bailey send back the first three without a run on the board . |
| 3 | It is important because if you do buy something from a shop and realize there 's something wrong with it , if you take it back the first thing the shop would say to you is can I see your receipt ? |
| 4 | ‘ But , ’ said Fael-Inis , ‘ for the moment we are concerned with the Conablaiche , and with turning back the First Herald . |
| 5 | But there 's some stiff competition for ’ New Release ’ , each year Beaujolais Nouveau hits British shops in a flood of publicity with people racing to bring back the first bottle to Britain . |
| 6 | The pair are to leave their families at their Wirral homes and motor hundreds of miles in a race to bring back the first bottles of Beaujolais to Liverpool . |