Example sentences of "[num ord] [noun sg] [verb] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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1 | A second truck appeared behind the first , and a third behind that . |
2 | The Italians keep a second striker lurking behind the first . |
3 | On 15 May , in a second telegram continuing from the first [ KP 120 ] , he reported on his " brief flying visit to General Keightley at Headquarters 5th Corps at Klagenfurt " . |
4 | All this has resulted in our profit for the Division being significantly higher in the second half compared with the first half of the year . |
5 | erm The second half started as the first half finished , with a again a very erm entertaining game erm in the fiftieth minute , on a break , Almondsbury 's Alex Stocker was nearest to scoring for them when he floated a long ball forward which Mark Sibble was very glad to tip over the bar . |
6 | When the teacher inhibits the child from pointing and pretends not to be able to see the picture , the child understands that the communicative situation has changed , that she can no longer rely on the shared visual context and she makes her reference explicit ( the teddy ) , locates him verbally rather than by pointing to him ( on the chair ) and makes explicit how the second picture differs from the first ( there ai n't no teddy ) . |
7 | The second factor relates to the first and concerns the make up of the team . |
8 | Thus the signalman was prevented from inadvertently releasing signals for a second train to enter before the first was clear . |
9 | Is it not the case , as was pointed out at the time of the French Revolution by the Abbé Sieyes , that if the second chamber agrees with the first it is superfluous and if it disagrees it is mischievous ? |
10 | The first group consisted of the first 15 consecurive patients and 11 consecutive volunteers who were asked not to swallow any saliva ( they were asked to spit it out ) . |
11 | She accepted the first price offered by the first jeweller , not realizing that she could probably have raised fifty per cent more money by bargaining or trying other shops . |
12 | The first man cycled to the first mark and left the cycle and hurried on , on foot . |
13 | Who scored Charlton 's first goal on their return to The Valley is a logical sequel to the original poser : Who was the first player to score in the first live televised game in England ? |
14 | At York , the first pageant proceeded to the first station at 4.30am , and it would be around midnight when the last play reached the twelfth and last station . |
15 | GRAHAM TAYLOR last night revealed for the first time what Paul Gascoigne 's return means to him . |
16 | DEFIANT Dave Beasant last night spoke for the first time since his week-end goalkeeping torment and insisted : ‘ I still want to play for Chelsea . ’ |
17 | Of these only the last item appeared for the first time in this volume . |
18 | So there 's me like I 'm sat in first lesson we have P E last lesson sat in the first lesson and I 'm th , I 've thought God my bra strap feels really lose ! |
19 | Why did the Third World borrow in the first place ? |