Example sentences of "[adv] well [prep] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With my own two children , I felt cheerful and reasonably well during the first pregnancy ; the bonding process with the baby was immediate and passionate , but nine months later I was seeking medical help for exhaustion . |
| 2 | ‘ They played really well in the first half and their commitment was total in the second half . |
| 3 | According to the LFS code book , temporary jobs in the first category can include jobs the termination of which " is fixed for , by example , reaching a certain date or completing an assignment , or by return of an employee who has been temporarily replaced " ( our italics ) i.e. jobs that could fit equally well into the second category whilst jobs in the second category are taken to include those with " a work contract for a specific task or a fixed period of time " ( our italics ) i.e jobs that could fit equally well into the first category . |
| 4 | It was ceasing to be overwhelmingly political in a narrow sense and acquiring new dimensions which , even well before the First World War , were clearly destined soon to become very important . |
| 5 | She acts particularly well in the first scene |
| 6 | This contrasts with Oxfordshire , which fared very well in the first period and very badly in the next two , and with Somerset , which had the smallest increase in the first period , followed by among the largest in each of the next two years . |