Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [noun sg] on [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Then there 's the smear of what looks like vomit on the first basin in the men 's washroom . |
| 2 | Freedom of movement for individuals will be one of the cornerstones of the new Europe , enshrined in the single Europe act , due to come into effect on the first of January 1993 . |
| 3 | We acted as Dealer on the first Sterling Commercial Paper programme with a syndicated bank guarantee . |
| 4 | The inaugural Mass was celebrated by Bishop on the First Sunday of Advent , in the centre . |
| 5 | We 've got a brand new management team coming into place on the first of April . |
| 6 | To record this guide-track , you set the tape to a start-mark and the tape recorder to record-pause ; the video tape is set on play-pause on the first frame of picture . |
| 7 | The DJs heard six songs and were asked for advice on the first single . |
| 8 | The little blue flower , ‘ robin-run-in-the-hedge ’ , which probably looked like violet on the first , distant glance , is ground ivy . |
| 9 | The Indian presence in far flung outposts of the Empire , for example , from Malaysia to East Africa , can only be understood in this context , and it is important to note that a tradition of emigration from Jamaica had already developed in the nineteenth century , with 2,000 Jamaicans migrating to build railways in Panama , followed by well over 80,000 who went to work on the first attempt at constructing the Panama Canal in the 1880s . |
| 10 | Furthermore , the individuals gradually become knowledgeable over the entire spectrum of aviation to the extent that when they are confronted with something new and different , like hot air balloons or hang gliders , or , at the other end of the scale , vectored thrust and variable geometry ( swing-wing ) aircraft , they are not thrown off balance on the first encounter with something different . |