Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] [adv] [verb] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or you can SKIM , which involves just reading the first sentence of every paragraph and anything prominent or highlighted ( in this case , it is the general sense and flow of the book you are trying to absorb ) . |
| 2 | DEVELOPERS are planning to clone an historic Liverpool terrace which has just undergone the first phase of a multi-million pound facelift . |
| 3 | Charles , who has just failed the first year of a law degree and is hard up , put up a notice on the fence : " Danger — Keep Out — No Liability Accepted . " |
| 4 | She has thereby taken the first step towards adult sexuality in developing a wish for a baby . |
| 5 | Well the first one 's already had the first chance |
| 6 | Graham Taylor 's sidekick said : ‘ He has already achieved the first step by playing in the friendly against Spurs and it will be a very big step to get into a competitive game where there will be no quarter given or asked . |
| 7 | Today he has also become the first man to drive across Langjökull , and the first to drive across Drangajökull . |
| 8 | The chance of it getting the first two letters-ME-right is the chance of it getting the second letter- E-right ( 1 in 27 ) given that it has also got the first letter — M — right , therefore 1/27 x 1/27 , which equals 1/729 . |
| 9 | Club member Harry Porter ( born 1902 ) was six when the course opened and he remembers dimly walking the first hole with the crowd . |
| 10 | It 's just found the first one , bombed out , told you to fix it . |