Example sentences of "[noun] [noun prp] on [art] first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They knew of course that she was ‘ clever ’ because they had heard her being questioned by Miss Honey on the first day of term . |
| 2 | Steve Haston and Andy Newton on the first ascent of The Prisoner ( E1/2 ) , Thunderbird Zawn , Gogarth ( photo Andy Newton ) . |
| 3 | Jean Baptiste Tribout on the first ascent of Just Do It ( 5.14c ) , Smith Rock . |
| 4 | Around 3,000 Kuwaiti families were reported to have crossed over into Saudi Arabia on the first day , and many of them confirmed reports of widespread killing and looting by Iraqi forces . |
| 5 | If there is enough snow to make a really big snowman , he may be as tall as Mr A. on the first day , but as he melts , he will shrink to be as tall as Miss B. and then as small as the smallest child , until he finally disappears . |
| 6 | Jimmy Cook 's Test debut started disastrously , falling to Kapil Dev on the first ball of the match , and Jonty Rhodes ( 41 ) provided the only real support for Wessels . |
| 7 | Swinton left for Chicago , where he held talks with Adolf Berle on the first day of the conference . |
| 8 | The 10–10 draw against Hong Kong on the first day of the tournament upset their plans and despite their brave performance against eventual winners Namibia — at one point Zimbabwe were leading 10–0 — they went back home empty-handed . |
| 9 | John H. Parkinson on the first astrochimp |
| 10 | Right : Boardman , Tasker and Dick Renshaw on the first pinnacle ( photos Chris Bonington ) . |
| 11 | He was just 76 votes short of the quota in the Oldpark Ward on the first count , but won his place a short time later . |
| 12 | News At Ten was the first news programme to get in the ratings Top Ten , the first to employ two newsreaders ( Alistair Burnett and Andrew Gardner on the first edition ) , and the first to make use of foreign reports and the catchphrase ‘ Brent Sadler , News At Ten , Dagenham ’ . |
| 13 | In the present case , if the Court of Appeal had upheld the decision of Robertson J. on the first part , it would have been unfair to deny the respondents a right of appeal to the Privy Council on the compromise issue or the cancellation issue while accepting the petitioner could appeal to the Privy Council as of right if the petitioner failed on the misconduct issue . |
| 14 | Colin Binks and Chris Craggs on the first ascent of Prominent Tory Reverse , E2 5c , 5c at Black Rocks ( photo his Chris Craggs ) . |
| 15 | Chris Forrest on the first winter ascent of Mariella , Coire an t-Sneachda : one of this season 's new routes ( photo Graeme Ettle ) . |
| 16 | A BRITISH tourist shot dead in New Orleans on the first day of her holiday may have died because her boyfriend refused a mugger 's demand for money . |