Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [adv] [art] first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am not sure if Sir Henry Wood conducted it , for at that time he seemed to conduct only the first item of a concert , and then ceded the podium to Basil Cameron . |
| 2 | If the decision is made to stop then the first step is to advise your customer 's buyer of the situation promptly . |
| 3 | We seem to see here a first concept of temple-decoration , the guardian symbols , beginning to give hesitant way to the idea which was to prevail : the devotion of temple-gables to narrative scenes from myth and legend . |
| 4 | Mr are you going to pick up the first point and then Mr . |
| 5 | But there 's some stiff competition for ’ New Release ’ , each year Beaujolais Nouveau hits British shops in a flood of publicity with people racing to bring back the first bottle to Britain . |
| 6 | Without wishing to rule out the first option I should like to consider the second , to examine the possibilities of indirect leverage over investment decisions . |
| 7 | Sitting on the edge of the bed , Tug balanced the tray on his knees and began to cut up the first beefburger . |
| 8 | She trudged slowly behind Evelyn , who took the cloth and started to rub out the first word with painstaking precision . |
| 9 | But you never managed to stay there the first day . |
| 10 | Being a firm believer in the ‘ start 'em young ’ policy but desperate for any player I can get to fill out the first team , I have completely overhauled the youth squad . |