Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [prep] the first [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Earlier in the day Joey finished second to brother Robert in the Shell 125cc race after leading for the first three laps . |
| 2 | The report starts by reviewing the pattern of spending in the first two years of the fund . |
| 3 | On Nov. 13 Clinton unveiled a new ethics code for those in his transition team which prohibited members from lobbying for the first six months of the new administration . |
| 4 | I suggest the patient takes it on waking for the first two or three days and then experiments either with increasing the amount or by introducing an extra dose in the afternoon or evening . |
| 5 | This becomes clearer by looking at the first two stanzas . |