Example sentences of "[noun] [coord] [vb base] the first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 're holding an arm-wrestling and spinach-risotto evening at the Cock and Pullet in Poplar and we 'd very much like you to do a twenty-five minute cabaret and cut the first slice of a twelve-metre onion quiche , baked by MOLES , you know , Mothers of Optometrists Lesbians , Esperantists and Social Security Clerks . ’ |
| 2 | H. P. I 've seen inspectors go round the police huts and examine the First Aid Kit . |
| 3 | His name too , with all its starkness and its distinctly masculine aura , fitted him exactly — though this man possessed none of the innocence and wonder the first Adam must have had in his Garden of Eden . |
| 4 | they would terminate the contract and refund the first instalment . |
| 5 | To illustrate the way word-processors use embedded symbols , type a paragraph of text and indent the first line with a single tab . |
| 6 | Toss the first ball in your right hand towards your left one and as it peaks throw the ball in the left hand towards the right and catch the first ball in your left . |
| 7 | They emanate from a time about 300,000 years after the Big Bang and show the first signs of fluctuations in the density of matter in space . |
| 8 | This week Interex , Hewlett-Packard Co 's user group , will be having its annual meeting in sultry New Orleans and HP is expected to take it into its confidence and announce the first implementation of the PA-RISC 7100 chip in a new single-processor non-Unix business system dubbed the HP 3000 Series 987 . |
| 9 | I watched them decide on the wrong place and paint the first mark carefully round a sapling 's trunk . |
| 10 | Most of his staff are currently on strike because they have n't been paid for two months , so Soliz is going personally to open the new group and give the first lesson . |
| 11 | Given that for every person who attends live opera , at least 1,000 more buy and enjoy reading poetry , will the Minister change his priorities and become the first legislator to acknowledge the unacknowledged legislators of the world ? |
| 12 | Fix first gutter support 1m from outlet and position the first length of guttering . |
| 13 | We rendezvous every morning near Blackfriars Bridge and get the first jobs over the radio . |
| 14 | A week ago her plan had been to give Travis the slip and catch the first flight out . |
| 15 | Your text and your paragraphs are indented by one tab stop but accept the first line . |
| 16 | Sharp icicles fly out from the caster 's hand and strike the first unit or model in their path . |
| 17 | For this reason it is wise to keep a few in a bowl during the winter , so that they can be given a little warmth during early spring to encourage premature growth and shade the first flush of water discolouring algae , thus discouraging its growth . |
| 18 | Much the easiest way to assemble a larger labour force was to buy slaves , and the Dutch were ready to help with this , giving the fairly long credit that anyone who wanted to become a planter would need in order to finance his purchases of slaves and of machinery to crush the cane and take the first steps in refining it . |
| 19 | In chapter 3 , we examine the emergence of the first handheld CD-ROM systems and preview the first palmtop CD-I player , due for launch in 1992 . |
| 20 | Do n't bother would be more honest , for he prefers to have the kitchen to himself in the early morning , to prepare his own simple breakfast and enjoy the first cigarette of the day undisturbed . |
| 21 | If bandage-type insulation is used , start at the tank and tie the first wrap , pressing it in close contact with the tank |
| 22 | Should she sell him the house and take the first flight back to England ? she wondered . |
| 23 | He did n't see them hurry down the street and take the first turning that came : Jess talking and talking now . |