Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] [noun sg] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Did you really expect to find your mother on the first day ? |
| 2 | THE new government had to draft in a hasty replacement to lead its delegation to the first annual meeting of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development following the election defeat of overseas development minister Lynda Chalker . |
| 3 | He arrived before them to coordinate their integration into the first U S Marine expeditionary force ; he says the first task for his men will be acclimatisation with desert temperatures still in the high nineties . |
| 4 | Readers may be familiar with textbooks that set out to define their subject in the first chapter . |
| 5 | It is not known whether or not he ever returned to visit his mother during the first few years but it is certainly true that , latterly , he was not back in the county for many years . |
| 6 | With exquisite logic , Sonic Boom is on the panel , a man who could n't stop talking , I 'm sure , if he could be bothered to open his mouth in the first place . |
| 7 | The only paper on your desk should be that on which you are currently working and material waiting to receive your attention for the first time . |
| 8 | This is likely to be your most fertile day , as it is not unusual to detect your surge on the first day of testing . |
| 9 | It was wrong to leave her family in the first place , wrong , having come here to go on leading the life she did . ’ |
| 10 | I told Bates straight out that I was the only man who had the vision and know-how to keep his club in the First Division and that for a reasonable salary , say 16K a year , I would be willing to quit Athletico . |
| 11 | The appointment ended three weeks of political uncertainty during which Sheikh Hasina Wajed , leader of the second-largest party , the Awami League , challenged Begum Zia to demonstrate her majority at the first session of the newly elected Jatiya Sangsad ( National Assembly ) , scheduled for April 5 . |
| 12 | In the late 1520s and 1530s , Henry VIII had embarked on a spectacular , even murderous matrimonial career in an attempt to save his kingdom from the first part of that curse . |
| 13 | Glendenning follows a long trail of Darlington players who have gone to Rovers , but he is unable to force his way into the first team . |
| 14 | The matter will therefore drag on for another month until the next management committee meeting , while Ferguson has to continue his return to the first team under awkward circumstances . |
| 15 | Other measures were announced which it was hoped would enable the Russian government to balance its budget in the first quarter of 1992 . |
| 16 | After this year , however , Gary became really confused for a couple of months and began to doubt his call in the first place . |
| 17 | Surtees was not content to end his career as the first dual world champion ; he wanted more . |
| 18 | I remained standing there ready to relieve his discomfort at the first opportunity . |
| 19 | Nevertheless , a number of factors can be briefly identified which explain why it makes sense to stop our account of the first age of party in 1715 . |
| 20 | It could be argued that the best way of dealing with attempted suicide would be to prevent its occurrence in the first place ; but this is not an easy task , and one that often extends beyond the reach of the clinician . |
| 21 | All three are [ in different degrees ] illusions , which make the weight of life bearable — to those of sufficient stature to feel its weight in the first place . |