Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [noun sg] in the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | But direct observation does give you the colours and you do become more accurate , even though sunlight and shadows move so fast during the time it takes to paint such a scene that the particular arrangement that caught your eye in the first place has long since gone by the time the picture is finished ! |
| 2 | THE British Lions were today fuming over two refereeing decisions which they claimed cost them victory in the first Test against New Zealand in Christchurch . |
| 3 | Readers may be familiar with textbooks that set out to define their subject in the first chapter . |
| 4 | Louis Dersingham was clearly annoyed to find himself having answered his sister in the first place . |
| 5 | With exquisite logic , Sonic Boom is on the panel , a man who could n't stop talking , I 'm sure , if he could be bothered to open his mouth in the first place . |
| 6 | Baby carriers/slings leave your hands and arms free , and are a good way of transporting your baby in the first few months . |
| 7 | There they were on the first , belated , league Saturday of the season , celebrating their arrival in the first division , unveiling new-look Sunbury as a showpiece of healthy ambition and running Bath so close that the perennial might of the champions was instantly called into question . |
| 8 | Iran declared its neutrality in the First World war , but most Iranian sympathy lay with German because she was fighting Great Britain and Russia . |
| 9 | Their most expensive signing , £2.5million striker Ian Wright , sat on the bench for the opening game with a thigh strain , and turned his ankle in the first minute when coming on . |
| 10 | It was wrong to leave her family in the first place , wrong , having come here to go on leading the life she did . ’ |
| 11 | The helium-3 is what Palmer was trying to produce as it was the presence of this gas in the atmosphere that had stimulated his idea in the first place , but detecting it would not be easy . |
| 12 | Edwards , who played on despite breaking his nose in the first half , insisted : ‘ Widnes created as many chances as we did , but we were a little more clinical in our finishing . |
| 13 | A , you might not want to come and join my company in the first place |
| 14 | I told Bates straight out that I was the only man who had the vision and know-how to keep his club in the First Division and that for a reasonable salary , say 16K a year , I would be willing to quit Athletico . |
| 15 | Ade pulled his hamstring in the first round . |
| 16 | Eoin Jess broke his ankle in the first meeting of the clubs and the cup draw was followed by a damaging share of the points between Aberdeen and Falkirk at Pittodrie in the Premier Division championship . |
| 17 | ‘ But what I ca n't understand is why they did n't just take our project in the first place . |
| 18 | In that different method we frame our question in the first instance as a question about corporate responsibility . |
| 19 | From continually chasing my tail in the first month and being late for everything , and always being in trouble in varying degrees , punctuality became second nature . |
| 20 | all of our paid fors have er , done very well this year in circulation terms all but two of them have increased their circulation in the first half , despite quite high price rises , for instance the York county newspaper , the weekly there , we have a daily but the weekly there went up by five P and the weekly in Bath where again we have a daily that went up by six P . |
| 21 | After a cautious start , Wharton , at 24 , a year younger than the Australian , took his time in the first three minutes before opening up with a series of punches in the next three rounds . |
| 22 | ‘ I will never forget our victory in the first French Test , ’ he added . |
| 23 | This thing , about involving our chap in the first place , not your style , at all . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I told 'im 'e was a no-good whoreson an' 'e should n't 'ave wasted my time in the first place , ’ Billy replied , his blue eyes blazing at the memory of it . |
| 25 | Other measures were announced which it was hoped would enable the Russian government to balance its budget in the first quarter of 1992 . |
| 26 | Rijeka , who led 1–0 , may now lose their place in the First Division . |
| 27 | Just ask Falkirk , who have produced some great stuff this season yet look increasingly likely to be playing their football in the First Division next season . |
| 28 | After this year , however , Gary became really confused for a couple of months and began to doubt his call in the first place . |
| 29 | This removed our interest in the first phase of the proposed Super-SARA programme . |
| 30 | At the time she was lodging with two ladies who had lost their brother in the First World War . |