Example sentences of "[noun] on [prep] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Andy Mutch has been trying his new kit on for the first time today . |
| 2 | Three years on from the first album , Neneh admits that ‘ the till bells are ringing empty . |
| 3 | She wished she had not put the lamp on in the first place because she was sure he would be able to fathom out how she felt . |
| 4 | But I mean would that is the the the sort of the thing I would like to put an em emphasis on in the first half of the term . |
| 5 | I do n't quite know why they put that edge on in the first place . |
| 6 | A blur of lights as a quick thinking cameraman locks on to the first Patriot missile fired in war . |
| 7 | Now a year on from the first rape , police are taking steps to protect women as the nights close in . |
| 8 | It occurs in a number of quite precise and extremely crucial contexts , from the Maccabean regime on into the first century A.D. Thus the High Priest at the period of Judas Maccabeus ( who died in 160 B.C. ) is referred to as a Zaddik and described as being ‘ a zealot for the law ’ . |
| 9 | They come round at the interval and say , ‘ Was Ruby on for the first half ? ’ and I say , ‘ Yes . ’ |