Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [noun] to the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Accordingly I directed my researches to the first steps on the ladder , the branch and workshop . |
| 2 | THE new government had to draft in a hasty replacement to lead its delegation to the first annual meeting of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development following the election defeat of overseas development minister Lynda Chalker . |
| 3 | DESPITE the impressive 38–4 scoreline against London Crusaders , there was a distinct lack of style to match the occasion yesterday as Sheffield secured their return to the First Division in a game spoilt by strong wind . |
| 4 | Well if I refer you , Dave Girt , Leeds City , if I refer you madam to the first paragraph of R P G 2 which is strategic planning guidance for West Yorkshire . |
| 5 | He had dictated his resignation to the first secretary he encountered . |
| 6 | He missed Aintree 's colour and clamour , the release of easing his mount to the first fence after the parade . |
| 7 | The matter will therefore drag on for another month until the next management committee meeting , while Ferguson has to continue his return to the first team under awkward circumstances . |
| 8 | As one jaundiced critic put it in 1733 : " A set of brocaded tradesmen cloathed in purple and fine linen , and faring sumptuously every day , raising to themselves immense wealth , so as to marry their daughters to the first rank , and leave their sons such estates as to enable them to live in the same degree . |
| 9 | In front of the clubhouse , the flags of the 20 or so nations represented among the 260 competitors hung limply in the flat calm as the early starters fidgeted nervously awaiting their call to the first tee . |