Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] the first [noun sg] when " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is tempting to see this as the first occasion when the judges insisted on independence on this principle . |
| 2 | There was a stage about two thirds into the first half when ( because they had n't scored yet despite aggressive assaults on the West Ham box ) Batty square-balled it after crossing into their area . |
| 3 | But Scotland looked better in the first half when only penalties were scored . |
| 4 | Kilmarnock were unlucky in the first half when Gus McPherson hit the crossbar , but goals from Paul Harvey and Craig Flannigan after the break gave Clydebank the points . |
| 5 | They , the birds , are mentioned first in the first verse when Mac Caig is talking about Saint Francis as a ‘ talker with birds ’ . |