Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [noun prp] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Andy Robinson 's side may be a blend of the old and the new , but they still look like the side to beat again after demolishing Nottingham in the first round and drawing last year 's losing finalists , Northampton , in the quarter-finals . |
| 2 | ( He had previously given assurances that he would return to face charges of slandering Mazowiecki during the first round . ) |
| 3 | Kelly was excellent though he was mighty lucky to get away with tugging Giggs in the first minute . |
| 4 | He received a ban some years ago for losing his temper while playing in that veritable hive of provocation known as Australian grade cricket , and this latest ruckus began , apparently , when Marcus Wight ( whose father , the umpire , Peter , should have taught him better ) proffered a few choice words of his won upon dismissing Ramprakash in the first innings . |
| 5 | Three leading opposition figures were prevented from leaving Kenya in the first week of July to attend a human rights conference in London . |
| 6 | Remember , they only missed out on meeting Copenhagen in the first round proper by 0.3 of a point . |