Example sentences of "[verb] a [noun sg] on the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I started to write a variation on the first bar and told her to go on in the same way and to keep to the idea . |
| 2 | I found a pensione on the first floor of a small square , run by a woman so enormous that she could hardly move . |
| 3 | Louis has sent me to deliver a message to his friend whose family occupy a flat on the first floor , below us . |
| 4 | Apparently Lothar received a majority on the first ballot , but not the two-thirds majority made necessary by the constitution " Licet de vitanda " of the Third Lateran Council of 1179 . |
| 5 | He had not got a result on the first case because he had not been sharp enough . |
| 6 | That was er a flat in Plumtree , we were offered a flat on the first floor and when we examined the kitchen it was extremely obvious to me that our gas cooker would n't fit in the , the place where it was designed to fit , when I asked where do we put the washing machine I was informed that most tenants kept the washing machine on the balcony , when I said well where do we put the refrigerator , well most people keep the refrigerator either in the hall or , or rather not a hall it was a passageway , in the passageway or in the living room , now it does seem to me with hindsight that if that 's planning I , to use an old fashion London phrase , I 'm a Dutchman . |
| 7 | To win a seat on the first round in the constituency elections , a candidate would need an overall majority in a turnout of at least 50 pere cent ; if this was not achieved , a run-off vote would be held one week later . |
| 8 | The hire desk made a phonecall on the first credit card that he offered , and then told him that he 'd exceeded his limit and they could n't take the charge . |
| 9 | They simply made a raid on the first restaurant they came to and gave the proprietor fits . |
| 10 | A bandage round his head , a cup of tea in his blunt hands , he looked like the only survivor of some great catastrophe , and Nathan could understand exactly why he 'd been able to move India-May to tears and why he 'd been given a room on the first floor , one of the large ones , for nothing . |
| 11 | None delighted Palace supporters more than the hat-trick he scored on the opening day of 1935–36 , to enable the Palace to beat Cardiff City 3–2 — and Palace record-keepers will wish to note that this is the only occasion upon which a Palace winger has netted a hat-trick on the first day of the season . |
| 12 | Well le , shall we take a vote on the first word and then decide whether it 's a park , a sports field or a a sports park or whatever ? |
| 13 | Lowering her gaze from the intense sunlight reflected on the upper walls to the leaded doors , she placed a foot on the first stone step . |
| 14 | Grace never failed to send a letter on the first of every month , and somehow managed to sound cheerful despite being surrounded by death . |
| 15 | They occupied a room on the first floor for three hours before being evicted . |
| 16 | In making a decision on the first of the three cases cited , the Commissioner communicated with the Chief Executive of the National Health Service Management Executive , asking him about a health authority 's duty to provide continuing nursing care which is assessed as being needed , and which is not otherwise available . |
| 17 | Ten Scottish National Party members invaded a room on the first floor of the building which they occupied for three hours before being evicted by security guards . |
| 18 | However , O. abyssicola differs from O. granulifera by the following characters : the arm spines only form a fan on the first free arm joint while in O. granulifera the fans extend along at least half the arm ; the spinelets of the disk differ , those of O. abyssicola are trifid and glassy while those of O. granulifera are low and resemble granules ; O. abyssicola has a rounded disk whereas O. granulifera 's disk is indented interradially , although this could be an artifact of preservation . |
| 19 | For some reason , Noreen had a suite on the first floor . |
| 20 | The Fletchers had a flat on the first floor of one of the fine period houses dating back to the bad old days of the monarchy and the Iron Guard . |
| 21 | ‘ A guy can suffer an injury on the first match of a tour or go through a tough schedule without as much as a bump . |
| 22 | They have a department on the first floor ( best reached by door ten ) housing what they call the Plus Collection . |
| 23 | And within the Home Office and the prison service , which was scheduled to become an agency on the first of April this year , an appropriate date perhaps , Mr Chairman , but we are still in the quagmire of getting arrangements which are suitable and protecting our people , and more so the craftsmen within that particular industry . |