Example sentences of "[adv prt] [to-vb] the first [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | WALES chiefs Alan Davies and Robert Norster face a rare new headache tonight as they sit down to pick the first squad of an exciting new season . |
| 2 | They dropped their kedge anchor 200 yards offshore and settled down to await the first wave of assault craft . |
| 3 | Lauda , however , went on to win the first race of the season as Hunt crashed out on lap 33 . |
| 4 | On Saturday the two prelates attended a service of vespers at the Church of San Gregorio , which stands on the site where Pope Gregory sent St Augustine of Canterbury off to become the first Archbishop of Canterbury in 597 . |
| 5 | The two got togged up to publicise the first programme in their new series of Watchdog tomorrow night ( BBC1 , 7.30pm ) which investigates the cost of school uniforms . |
| 6 | Tony and Nathan have made tea and soup and we have some before going out to feed the first batch of dogs . |
| 7 | THE OAKLAND Athletics came back to win the first game of the best-of-seven American League championship series with a 7-3 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays , on Tuesday . |
| 8 | Off the field , Celtic are playing down weekend speculation that they 're about to announce the first instalment of finance for the Cambuslang stadium development . |
| 9 | He went on to become the first director of the National Monuments Record , the body that catalogues the most important buildings in country . |
| 10 | Peggy Lucas was one of the first women to fly Spitfires and went on to become the first woman in Britain to hold a commercial pilot 's licence . |
| 11 | Peggy Lucas was one of the first women to fly Spitfires and went on to become the first woman in Britain to hold a commercial pilot 's licence . |