Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [prep] the first [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The debate will centre on alternative clauses : one outlawing all experiments on embryos from the moment of conception , the other ( the Warnock majority 's view ) allowing them for the first 14 days . |
| 2 | They get bored easily , so if you ca n't excite them in the first 30 seconds of your record , you are probably in the wrong business . |
| 3 | He had seemed certain to become the first black Tory MP , representing Cheltenham — Norman Tebbit had tipped him as the first black cabinet minister and there 'd even been the odd hint that he might one day inhabit No 10 . |
| 4 | If a child has it for the first ten years hardly anything else matters . |
| 5 | WHEN I BEGAN to write about Thrush Green in 1958 , I described it in the first few pages of the book I called Thrush Green , and a little later as seen by Ruth Bassett from the bedroom window of her late grandfather 's beautiful house overlooking the green . |
| 6 | This relationship is indicated by equating it with the first m of the oral plate is the second area . |
| 7 | Try and keep them dry , and take the painkillers we 'll give you for the first few days . |
| 8 | But I did n't tell her everything at first , I just told her about the first two instances . |
| 9 | Well Mr never been before at least I 've done it for the first few years that I was there . |
| 10 | I went outside quietly and found a length of driftwood of the appropriate shape , came back to the Bunker , caught the snake by the neck with the piece of wood and bundled it into the first rusty can I could find which still had a lid . |
| 11 | The Plan can not cover you during the first 24 months for any existing medical condition you may be suffering from or have received treatment for in the two years prior taking out the Plan . |
| 12 | The tigress suckles them for the first six months , by which time they will weigh 100 lb ( 45 kg ) . |
| 13 | Medication is not always the right resource in times of distress , but there are certain situations that are so terrible that you will need something to help you through the first few months . |
| 14 | Certainly Jenny did not see him for the first few evenings she was at Moorlake . |
| 15 | Do n't overdo it in the first few days . |
| 16 | The adoral shields are large , slightly convex and situated totally proximal to the oral shield not separating it from the first lateral arm plate . |
| 17 | The adoral shields are nearly rectangular and situated almost entirely proximal to the oral shield not separating it from the first lateral arm plate . |
| 18 | They lie proximal to the oral shield and not separating it from the first lateral arm plate . |
| 19 | The adoral shields are large and are restricted to the proximal sides of the oral shield , not separating it from the first lateral arm plate . |
| 20 | The adoral shields are short , slightly curved and situated proximal to the oral shield , not separating it from the first lateral arm plate . |
| 21 | The adoral shields are slightly convex occupy a large portion of the jaw proximal to the oral shield , not separating it from the first lateral arm plate . |
| 22 | The adoral shields are curved and situated proximal to the oral shield , not separating it from the first lateral arm plate . |
| 23 | The adoral shields are large , not particularly wing-like , restricted to the proximal sides of the oral shield , not separating it from the first lateral arm plate . |
| 24 | The adoral shields are convex , restricted to the proximal sides of the oral shield and not separating it from the first lateral arm plate . |
| 25 | The adoral shields are small slightly convex but not particularly wing-like , and restricted to the proximal edges of the oral shield , not separating it from the first lateral arm plate . |
| 26 | The adoral shields are approximately triangular and restricted to the proximal sides of oral shields , not separating it from the first lateral arm plate ; they often do not meet in the midline proximal to the oral shields . |
| 27 | Mark Williams Co of Northbrook , Illinois bills the 4.0 release of its Coherent Unixalike as the answer to an impecunious Unix-lover 's prayer , describing it as the first inexpensive , easy-to-use , 32-bit clone of Unix and ‘ smaller , faster , and less expensive than any other Unix operating system for the Personal Computer ’ . |
| 28 | She remembered how , side by side , they had hacked and burned the underbrush , borrowed a plough and pulled it themselves , working feverishly to get a little harvest to last them through the first arctic-cold winter . |
| 29 | Whatever the General may consider best , I will destroy you at the first available opportunity . ’ |
| 30 | In retrospect , it seemed that the Lord protected her for the first few days , and then … |