Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] to [art] first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My right to the first move at chess carries with it the duty to continue with the game , and so on . |
| 2 | Accordingly I directed my researches to the first steps on the ladder , the branch and workshop . |
| 3 | My answer to the first part of his question is that in the few weeks that I have had my present portfolio , two or three times in public I have stated my firm belief that it is in the interests of the people of Northern Ireland , the police and the security forces — indeed , in the interests of all of us — that the law be applied even-handedly and that those responsible for applying the law should do so . |
| 4 | When Dulé and his companions regained the beach , they were so stunned and wearied by the water and the flames , the howling and frantic clangour of their rout , that they dragged themselves and their boat to the first cover they could find , and lay face down against the earth ; they could sense it trembling as if it were an animal alive beneath them . |
| 5 | Well she ca n't be much cop if she 'd open her legs to a first date to a Dutch s sailor . |
| 6 | DESPITE the impressive 38–4 scoreline against London Crusaders , there was a distinct lack of style to match the occasion yesterday as Sheffield secured their return to the First Division in a game spoilt by strong wind . |
| 7 | She stepped carefully from her platform to the first foothold and put her hand in his . |
| 8 | In front of the clubhouse , the flags of the 20 or so nations represented among the 260 competitors hung limply in the flat calm as the early starters fidgeted nervously awaiting their call to the first tee . |
| 9 | But how can a sentence have a causal role in relation to other sentences if the second sentence 's causal role is defined in terms of its relation to the first sentence ? |
| 10 | The casualties were carried past our position on their way to the First Aid post . |
| 11 | As one jaundiced critic put it in 1733 : " A set of brocaded tradesmen cloathed in purple and fine linen , and faring sumptuously every day , raising to themselves immense wealth , so as to marry their daughters to the first rank , and leave their sons such estates as to enable them to live in the same degree . |
| 12 | Well if I refer you , Dave Girt , Leeds City , if I refer you madam to the first paragraph of R P G 2 which is strategic planning guidance for West Yorkshire . |
| 13 | He had dictated his resignation to the first secretary he encountered . |
| 14 | The matter will therefore drag on for another month until the next management committee meeting , while Ferguson has to continue his return to the first team under awkward circumstances . |
| 15 | He missed Aintree 's colour and clamour , the release of easing his mount to the first fence after the parade . |
| 16 | Perhaps over confident , his application to the first set seemed to lack the determination he had applied in their previous meetings and as the first set ebbed away 6–3 , Wilkinson found difficulty getting his game together in a slipping match . |