Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] [art] first [noun] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I said if we did n't win this time we 'd abolish the b + + + + + + , ’ says Dixon , digging in for the first time since his Army days . |
| 2 | I bought myself some fruit and wandered over to the first tee where Brian Harley was about to drive off . |
| 3 | Late in March Mahmoud showed up for the first time since the Yanks had moved out . |
| 4 | In some parts of the south-east , groundwater levels are lower than at any time since records began 200 years ago , with some boreholes in the Chiltern Hills drying up for the first time since they were sunk last century . |
| 5 | Accurate pictures could now be built up for the first time as to how tigers spent their day , how often they killed , their associations with other tigers and how the young animals found and established their own home ranges . |
| 6 | She wished she had not put the lamp on in the first place because she was sure he would be able to fathom out how she felt . |
| 7 | So far they had done precisely that , which made it all the more extraordinary that Julius should be here now , in her flat , actively seeking her out for the first time since he had overridden all his basic instincts and principles and strode out of her life ; away from the disastrous shambles of their marriage . |
| 8 | It would n't have worked out with the first gentleman as it happens , because although he had a lovely smile , he was a ladies ' man and he did like drink too much . |
| 9 | She 'd stopped riding out with the first lot because of nausea on waking , and Tremayne , far from minding , continually urged her to rest more . |
| 10 | He would n't have got out in the first place if he had n't been , and when he calls up he sounds sharp . |
| 11 | Far from being just another Rolls-Royce clone with winged ‘ B ’ badges , the Mulsanne went straight back to the first act where raw performance and driving reward shared equal billing with cossetting comfort and refinement . |