Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] out [prep] the first " in BNC.
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1 | The Glasgow Gangs grew out of the First World War , when those too young to fight or know any better began to hang around street corners . |
2 | As Hilary Graham pointed out in the first edition of this book : |
3 | Lane sprang out of the first car at his approach . |
4 | In rural areas only about 6 per cent of the children who entered the first grade completed the primary cycle , and half these entrants dropped out after the first grade . |
5 | In the Plate final — for teams knocked out in the first round of the Chairman 's Cup — Fife beat Perth 4–2 . |
6 | THE PRINCESS of Wales last night spoke out for the first time about the ‘ untrue and hurtful ’ allegations about friction between her , and the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh . |
7 | The bells rang out for the first time just a day after they arrived back at the church . |
8 | But even as her low , husky voice rang out with the first notes of the song , her eyes were seeking out the stranger , unable to resist his strangely magnetic pull . |
9 | Lawrence will change his policy next season when players left out of the first team will play in the reserves . |
10 | A far cry from the £2 tray meal handed out on the first of the Scenic Land Cruise trains eight years earlier , in a decade of special-train running where sophistication got its chance — and left behind many ordinary folk for whom the railway ‘ excursion ’ is now but a fading memory . |
11 | ( Currently students gaining a baccalauréat were guaranteed a university place ; however , 50 per cent of students dropped out in the first two years . ) |
12 | Make sure you get a copy of the initial ( and any supplementary ) reading list(s) handed out at the first meeting with your class teachers . |
13 | The RPR candidate , Charles Pasqua dropped out after the first round . |
14 | Treleaven strolled out for the first play-off hole , the par-four 10th , and saw off all opposition with a birdie three on the second most difficult hole on the course . |