Example sentences of "[prep] the first [noun] [adv] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My whinge is being charged 10 for being overdrawn with National Giro for the first time ever and by only 3.11 — and even though they were in possession of cheques for 36.53 which they knew would be honoured . ’ |
| 2 | A man like Mr Silvester Horne is regarded by his congregation with feelings of almost unmeasured adoration , due to the fact that he and they are really opening the book of life for the first time together and comparing impressions . |
| 3 | this morning when , where we all watched it for the first time together and as , as Richard said you know , I 'm , I 'm squeamish about going to the dentist , so , and it cos er , it 's basically there 's a scene in the bar where they 're pulling this guy 's tooth out |
| 4 | Walter Kent , the American composer of The White Cliffs of Dover , visited the town for the first time yesterday and presented an original of the song manuscript to the district council , which will display it in the £14m ‘ White Cliffs Experience ’ due to open in 1991 . |
| 5 | Andersson has not played for a month but trained with United for the first time yesterday and made an instant impression . |
| 6 | COLIN Montgomerie experienced the torture chamber of Baltusrol for the first time yesterday and insisted the time had come for Europe to demolish America 's stranglehold on the U.S. Open . |
| 7 | Meanwhile , in Bosnia the heads of its three warring armies met face-to-face for the first time yesterday and signed a ceasefire deal for the whole republic . |
| 8 | So was Stromness voted dry after the first war then or afore it ? |
| 9 | Brass is another important alloy of copper ( made with zinc ) , which first appears during the latter half of the first millennium BC and was widely used from the Roman period onwards . |
| 10 | Indeed there are West African sites , where copper was mined or refined , which date from the first millennium BC and perhaps even the second . |
| 11 | One hundred and eighteen for three , which means thirty-nine runs added in the first hour today and it 's Tufnell coming up now to bowl , DaSilva , up he comes , bowls this one , DaSilva pushes forward and it just goes under the bat and fielded there by the wicketkeeper , no run . |
| 12 | The bridge was constructed in the first century BC and is attributed to Trajan . |
| 13 | The Roman system of dating ab urbe condita ( i.e. from the foundation of Rome ) was introduced by Varro in the first century BC and was based on the date assigned to the fabled founding of the city . |
| 14 | If one enters this part of the town from the west , past the Roman amphitheatre which fell on evil days in the Middle Ages when theatrical spectacles were banned — but has now revived its ancient beauty and a part of its function , as a setting for Aida and her kin — the road leads through a Roman gate , perfectly preserved , into the ancient grid of streets , laid down by Roman town planners in the first century B.C. and little altered . |
| 15 | You have n't even got over the first hurdle yet and you 're ready to quit ! |
| 16 | I could n't get to the first part again and yeah that 's right |
| 17 | With £400 to the first man home and £300 to the first lady and considerable training grants throughout , Lisburn looks sure to turn up trumps once again . |
| 18 | The Pompeian house does , of course , only depict the Roman home of up to the first century A.D. and in later years , as can be seen at Ostia , the plan was developed . |
| 19 | Okay but we have plenty more goals around the First Division yesterday and you 'll be able to see those in a couple of moments . |
| 20 | These finely sculptured stele date to around the first century AD and the biggest is the largest single stone ever worked on by man . |