Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [noun prp] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly they seemed to notice Brenda for the first time . |
| 2 | Was n't that partly the reason why she had agreed to see André in the first place ? |
| 3 | She remembered the fights she had had to keep Eve in the first place , when so many other solutions were being offered . |
| 4 | I turn to face Crilly for the first real time . |
| 5 | Now as England prepare to play Canada in the first ( non-World Cup ) international in the multi-coloured , all-singing and all-dancing strip ( with the natty little colour bit on the shorts ) — the first change since March 27th 1871 — let no-one say we did not mourn its passing . |
| 6 | You can then start to pay SSP from the first qualifying day . |
| 7 | LABOUR must fight to put Britain in the First Division of Europe , said Mr Smith . |