Example sentences of "[verb] [art] [noun sg] on the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rules are not always as simple s that , e.g. Classical Arabic has the stress on the first long syllable of the word , or on the first syllable if there are no long syllables in the word . |
| 2 | Perhaps the most familiar type of compound is the one which combines two nouns , and normally has the stress on the first element , as in : |
| 3 | Place the cursor on the first character of the first word at the top of the column to be moved ( eg the G of GENERAL in Task 23 below ) |
| 4 | I mean , if I were to sell my house now supposing somebody came galloping in along before Christmas ooh ooh I want the house on the first of Feb and they 'd come and they 'd see the house and they say yes I want it , want it , want it and it was plain that they were going to want it and we started to talk money , as soon as we 'd got the solid block of money I want one O two you er estate agent tells me I can get ninety seven between ninety five and ninety seven say they offer me ninety six |
| 5 | So I started to write a variation on the first bar and told her to go on in the same way and to keep to the idea . |
| 6 | I found a pensione on the first floor of a small square , run by a woman so enormous that she could hardly move . |
| 7 | Louis has sent me to deliver a message to his friend whose family occupy a flat on the first floor , below us . |
| 8 | The main road still uses the bridge on the first tier and one can walk along the full length of the water channel ( 168 ) . |
| 9 | We 've had a letter from erm the Mayor 's parlour , , saying that he 's er going to visit the parish on the first of May to attend the commemorative service . |
| 10 | Seconding the crackline on the first pitch of Snicker Snack , Gable Crag ( Al Phizacklea ) . |
| 11 | The vertical axis measures the actual return from the security and the horizontal axis measures the return on the first systematic factor . |
| 12 | Apparently Lothar received a majority on the first ballot , but not the two-thirds majority made necessary by the constitution " Licet de vitanda " of the Third Lateran Council of 1179 . |
| 13 | He had not got a result on the first case because he had not been sharp enough . |
| 14 | That was er a flat in Plumtree , we were offered a flat on the first floor and when we examined the kitchen it was extremely obvious to me that our gas cooker would n't fit in the , the place where it was designed to fit , when I asked where do we put the washing machine I was informed that most tenants kept the washing machine on the balcony , when I said well where do we put the refrigerator , well most people keep the refrigerator either in the hall or , or rather not a hall it was a passageway , in the passageway or in the living room , now it does seem to me with hindsight that if that 's planning I , to use an old fashion London phrase , I 'm a Dutchman . |
| 15 | To win a seat on the first round in the constituency elections , a candidate would need an overall majority in a turnout of at least 50 pere cent ; if this was not achieved , a run-off vote would be held one week later . |
| 16 | You got no help on the first at the Club , and anyone from a dirty old man to a randy adolescent could have written the others . ’ |
| 17 | The hire desk made a phonecall on the first credit card that he offered , and then told him that he 'd exceeded his limit and they could n't take the charge . |
| 18 | They simply made a raid on the first restaurant they came to and gave the proprietor fits . |
| 19 | A bandage round his head , a cup of tea in his blunt hands , he looked like the only survivor of some great catastrophe , and Nathan could understand exactly why he 'd been able to move India-May to tears and why he 'd been given a room on the first floor , one of the large ones , for nothing . |
| 20 | I only discovered the truth on the first day I was able to get up . |
| 21 | None delighted Palace supporters more than the hat-trick he scored on the opening day of 1935–36 , to enable the Palace to beat Cardiff City 3–2 — and Palace record-keepers will wish to note that this is the only occasion upon which a Palace winger has netted a hat-trick on the first day of the season . |
| 22 | You did n't have no racing on the first course . |
| 23 | Well le , shall we take a vote on the first word and then decide whether it 's a park , a sports field or a a sports park or whatever ? |
| 24 | Lowering her gaze from the intense sunlight reflected on the upper walls to the leaded doors , she placed a foot on the first stone step . |
| 25 | Grace never failed to send a letter on the first of every month , and somehow managed to sound cheerful despite being surrounded by death . |
| 26 | There is no ‘ unfolding narrative ’ in a results programme that begins with an extremely reliable forecast of the outcome : it 's like a whodunnit in which the sleuth announces the dénouement on the first page . |
| 27 | You located the child on the first floor |
| 28 | For a start , there is no clear agreement on what it actually means , with some people putting the emphasis on the first part of the oxymoron , and some on the second . |
| 29 | The Institute collects the money on the first banking day in January each year . |
| 30 | Adam answered the telephone on the first ring . |