Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun prp] [prep] the first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Was n't that partly the reason why she had agreed to see André in the first place ? |
| 2 | Bates , who beat Byron Black of Zimbabwe 3–6 6–3 7–5 in his first round match , can find comfort , too , in Wilkinson 's victory because he is due to meet Frana in the first round at Wimbledon . |
| 3 | To mark the country 's first successful bone marrow transplant involving an un-related donor , Norwegian television arranged for her to meet Janet for the first time in front of an estimated two-and-a-half million viewers . |
| 4 | Mr Mubarak said he had accepted an invitation from President Bill Clinton to visit Washington in the first half of April . |
| 5 | THE Queen is to visit Lockerbie for the first time since the air disaster there more than four years ago . |
| 6 | FC Copenhagen , who were due to play Tbilisi in the first round proper , have no doubt that Linfield will now be their opponents — in Belfast on Wednesday week . |
| 7 | FC Copenhagen , who were due to play Tbilisi in the first round proper , have no doubt that Linfield will now be their opponents — in Belfast on Wednesday week . |
| 8 | LABOUR must fight to put Britain in the First Division of Europe , said Mr Smith . |
| 9 | The roughness and sheer wild irrationality of Lewis 's domestic persona were matched by the genuinely warm-hearted impulse which had led him to befriend Havard in the first place . |
| 10 | She remembered the fights she had had to keep Eve in the first place , when so many other solutions were being offered . |
| 11 | Winners from last year 's northern finals went on to represent Britain in the first world championships in London . |
| 12 | Mr Ashdown , campaigning in north Wales , raised the stakes on electoral reform by saying that his precondition for talks would be legislation to implement PR in the first session of Parliament . |
| 13 | Suddenly they seemed to notice Brenda for the first time . |