Example sentences of "[vb -s] [vb pp] [prep] the first [num] " in BNC.

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1 Rainfall in October could reach record levels — more rain has fallen in the first two weeks than usually falls in the entire month .
2 I mean , two of them seem as if they are referring back to something which has happened since the first two . ’
3 ‘ The substantial improvement we reported for 1992 has continued in the first three months of 1993 following a further sharp reduction in our worldwide underwriting deficit .
4 TRADE : The gradual improvement in trade has held for the first four months of 1993 according to the Builders Merchants Federation .
5 Seems like the only parts they got for a young actress nowadays she gets six lines , they cut three and she gets raped in the first ten minutes .
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