Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [adv] to the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | He reminded her of the ancient tradition of Christianity in that part of Ireland , one that dated back to the first century after the crucifixion , before Rome was supreme . |
| 2 | On a nod from Richie , Patrick left them to it and moved over to the first tee . |
| 3 | I bought myself some fruit and wandered over to the first tee where Brian Harley was about to drive off . |
| 4 | Creggan did not like this and flew back to the first tree . |
| 5 | Patrick took his tea and went up to the first floor , to the long landing window which looked over the village green . |
| 6 | Then I saw an advert for a new consciousness-raising group in Spare Rib , and went along to the first meeting . |
| 7 | He put the letter in his Out tray and moved on to another piece of paper , and then he stopped and went back to the first letter . |
| 8 | When they hatch they will try to follow and come close to the first slowly moving object they see which is the right sort of colour and more or less chicken-sized . |
| 9 | Tom turns his head in embarrassment and has it explained to him that his regular caddie has gone back to Orville Moody , and I 'm his new one , so he says , ‘ OK ’ , and walks on to the first tee . |
| 10 | Erm but to come back to the first criterion which says avoid the greenbelt , I know exactly what you mean when you say avoid the greenbelt , but if in the context of the wording before that where it says to be located beyond the outer boundary of the York greenbelt , do you need to have criterion one ? |
| 11 | The findings were drawn from the study of both cohorts but relate only to the first year of the course . |