Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [adv] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sapiens International Corp NV has definitive agreement to acquire SmartStar Corp , the privately-held Goleta , California that came up with the first applications generation language for Digital Equipment Corp 's VAX/VMS , and is now working on object-oriented user interfaces for databases . |
| 2 | Then you got to er the picture house er that happened just before the First World War that was put up as far as I can remember , I know I used to go there and see erm the Broken Coin which was a serial picture and it was you know er where somebody was up to their neck in water one week and it would say that the continuation of this picture would be shown in this theatre one week from today and you . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Axelrod draws a moving illustration of the importance of the shadow of the future from a remarkable phenomenon that grew up during the First World War , the so-called live-and-let-live system . |
| 5 | Dawn Run took the lead from the start and hopped nimbly over the first two fences . |
| 6 | On a nod from Richie , Patrick left them to it and moved over to the first tee . |
| 7 | It was developed and used primarily during the First World War as a means of preventing dogs , used in the trenches as messengers and for other activities , from betraying their positions by a casual bark . |
| 8 | Cutting that over the numbers had me down and stopped well before the first intersection , a distance of around 400 metres , and I could have done much better if I 'd heaved on the brakes , which are single Goodyear discs with excellent stopping power . |
| 9 | A moment later , a second rider came up over the lip of rock and drew up beside the first . |
| 10 | I bought myself some fruit and wandered over to the first tee where Brian Harley was about to drive off . |
| 11 | It should be stressed that all the 12 Steps were established and practised long before the first residential treatment centre came into being and that many people today get better without the help of treatment centres or professional counsellors but simply by depending upon the Anonymous Fellowships . |
| 12 | As expected , Tadpole Technology plc , the UK company that took itself off to Austin , Texas , and came up with the first notebook computer based on Sun Microsystems Inc 's Sparc RISC chip and Unix , has decided the time is right to bring its Sparcbook 1 back to Europe ( UX No 371 ) . |
| 13 | Jezrael let go and dodged weakly beneath the first one . |
| 14 | And as the afternoon wore on , she relaxed and talked freely for the first time in weeks . |
| 15 | Creggan did not like this and flew back to the first tree . |
| 16 | The woman clung to Julia 's hand and broke down for the first time , weeping and pouring out a torrent of Italian that Julia was incapable of translating for herself . |
| 17 | Patrick took his tea and went up to the first floor , to the long landing window which looked over the village green . |
| 18 | Then I saw an advert for a new consciousness-raising group in Spare Rib , and went along to the first meeting . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Pew turned with a scream , but he turned the wrong way , and ran straight into the first of the horses . |
| 21 | A great wave of Greek influence in Rome began in the mid-second century BC with the conquest of Greece , and lasted well into the first century , by which time it had become a well-established fashion for young men of well-to-do families to complete their education in Athens . |
| 22 | As the sun sinks , the young bats stream from the cave-mouth like smoke and set off on the first stage of their long journey south . |
| 23 | If a pup from the England A team should over-pitch the new ball , then , sure as eggs are eggs , England 's captain will tonk it back past him and set off for the first runs of 1992 . |
| 24 | If a pup from the England A team should over-pitch the new ball , then , sure as eggs are eggs , England 's captain will tonk it back past him and set off for the first runs of 1992 . |
| 25 | He kept it rolling and swerved off at the first exit on the right . |
| 26 | He made a show of pursuit , but gave up at the first intersection , returning to Jude breathless . |
| 27 | The " good years " of textile out-workers , for example , began before the war but lasted only over the first half of it . |