Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its fragrance is real , and penetrating : but it does not release itself at the first casual opening of the pages . |
| 2 | Already preparing himself for the first of his political glittering prizes , the viceroyalty of India , he visited the Trans-Caspian in 1888 and published a book on it in 1889 . |
| 3 | Where the remedy has been too ‘ strong ’ for the patient 's vitality this has always shown itself on the first few doses and it has merely been necessary to wait a day or two for the over-reaction to settle and then to begin again using greater dilution . |
| 4 | In searching for publications this will give a skewed result for those supervisors who always name themselves as the first author in multi-authored works . |
| 5 | ‘ If they 're sensible they do and their daughters will know what it 's all about and wo n't throw themselves at the first lad who looks at them . |
| 6 | The accent then moved itself onto the first syllable ( ‘ ga rrage ’ ) , and now the pronunciation is sometimes changed to ‘ garridge ’ . |