Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [adv] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite the failure of similar tactics on the Madrid front , it had been planned as another Moroccan-type , head-on attack along the first line of Republican defences , with the aim of breaking through at two points , advancing as far as the second line of defence and laying siege to Bilbao from there . |
| 2 | Paying independently for research would be far too expensive , and as Payne acknowledges candidly , ‘ If we 're paying commissions and thus get literally the first call on the telephone , we have an edge when it comes to news items . |
| 3 | Now six months behind in getting version one out the door , SAG has just pulled together the first snapshot of technologies which the specification will use . |
| 4 | Some would have said that he had not taken even the first step , since he had been invested irregularly with his pastoral staff by the king . |
| 5 | Rapidly gulping down the first drink ( or starting on spirits before changing to beer or wine ) may be indicative of craving for the " feel " of alcohol . |
| 6 | I also tracked down the first lieutenant of the submarine and one of the two soldiers carried on board and they confirmed the killings . |
| 7 | On Feb. 7 riot police in Cairo outnumbered and forcibly broke up the first protest march against the war by opposition leaders and 50 supporters . |
| 8 | The CIT thanks Transport Development Group for the fine portrait of Philip Henman which now hangs on the first floor landing at 80 Portland Place . |
| 9 | A picture in TODAY revealed how the first truck ran straight over Adam 's Renault 25 , crushing the roof like a cardboard box . |
| 10 | I do n't know when the first visit was , but it must have been very recent , possibly within a few days of your , er , release . ’ |
| 11 | You 've got the first stanza which is four lines , has got five lines has four lines ca n't see straight the first stanza has one sentence and it ends at the end of the stanza but then you have one , two , three , four , five more stanzas and you do n't get a full stop until the last stanza half way through . |
| 12 | Many of the young people today have n't the first idea of what 's going on . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ But why did n't the first guest get the poisoned beef ? ’ |
| 14 | If applying two coats , lightly rub down the first coat when it is dry to form a good key for the second coat . |
| 15 | The counsellor should not therefore take up the first issue raised by the counsellees which seems satisfactorily to explain their situation . |
| 16 | because you can go down in your first line move to the first letter o , after the number , hit the tab key and you 've actually lined up the first line along with the rest of your paragraph . |