Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [adv] [verb] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has also now taken the first steps towards setting up a country-wide party . |
| 2 | I can remember very well having the first cooker we had , gas cooker we had . |
| 3 | ParaSet also reportedly provides the first ‘ what if ’ capability for engineers to assess the impact of potential changes to their software . |
| 4 | He had stayed long enough to see the first stage of the counter-inflation policy accepted and the clash and confrontation of two years earlier replaced by a new partnership . |
| 5 | Others , however , probably burrowed underground , surviving long enough to become the first true mammals . |
| 6 | Turn left then take the first right over the stream . |
| 7 | The two speakers were the man who heads the EC Office in Edinburgh ( who spoke and did not really touch the first and certainly not the second of his two advertised subjects on the programme ) and the other one of the law partners — who was informed and effective , so it was interesting , followed by wine and superb little sandwiches and canapes . |
| 8 | We wo n't there 's there 's a good chance we do n't even get the first blue . |
| 9 | Er , do n't always take the first one and that you take loads of picture around , if you see an interesting subject , make sure you move around and take loads of pictures , and then select the one for printing . |
| 10 | I I 've only ever seen the first film of it . |
| 11 | Benjamin had just lived long enough to see the first of his children married : Ella Frances May Titford 's wedding had taken place on 26 August 1905 , in that very church in which her father was to collapse eight days later . |
| 12 | However , as we shall see , in other modes , because does not necessarily introduce the first event . |
| 13 | erm sort of , at fir , you know , at first I thought sometimes you know oh , you know what 's the matter with you like but , she admits herself , her I Q , you know how they judge your intelligence has gone right down , she has to have tests every now and again , er she ca n't concentrate on things , or , you know some things she just ca n't do any more , so she 's at , supposed to be getting all this compensation and it 's been going on now , it was two years ago , three years ago that we met them and she 's only just had the first part of her money , she 's had five thousand pounds , that 's all she can get for the time being all the rest is , cos all solicitors and everything and doctors having to come and check things , so she knows , she knows she 'll get money eventually , but er , it 's just when , but is n't it an awful thing ? |
| 14 | Erm , it 's important to remember that this is , in financial terms , a four year transition period , and you have n't yet completed the first twelve months . |
| 15 | I 'm sure we have n't yet finished the first stage . |