Example sentences of "[noun sg] [unc] [noun sg] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Why on earth did you want old Puddephat 's opinion in the first place ? ’ he asked . |
| 2 | By the time you read this , Paul will have landed a Jumbo Jet — with a flight simulator , of course — completed a rigorous army assault course and faced challenging questions and puzzles in the popular programme 's studio in the first round of the contest . |
| 3 | And he notices his lover 's leg for the first time since the last time . |
| 4 | They were a delight for the charterers in the Bahamian lagoons , but in an Atlantic storm such wide windows could be our death warrants for if Wavebreaker fell off a big wave the glass could be driven out of the windows and the boat be filling with water in seconds , and so I cut and shaped sheet steel shutters that could be bolted over the boat 's glass at the first sign of bad weather . |
| 5 | The art of a good press release is to excite the editor 's interest with the first sentence . |
| 6 | The HSE 's review of the first year of COSHH concluded that most firms were aware of COSHH and had tried to comply with the regulations , though many had not gone beyond the collection of information about hazards . |
| 7 | ‘ The Director has decided that in the light of the learned judge 's ruling in the first trial , the second trial should not proceed because there is no longer a realistic prospect of convictions , ’ the CPS anounced yesterday . |
| 8 | The judge 's ruling in the first case was therefore correct . |
| 9 | Well th , the money 's for the child 's benefit in the first place . |
| 10 | Not only does such an arrangement disrupt the child 's schooling — although arguably it has already been badly disrupted by the child 's absenteeism — but it can often also be a traumatic experience for the child , entrenching the resentment and disaffection which were among the major causes of the child 's truancy in the first place . |
| 11 | Bachelors have their staircase at the front of the house off the entrance hall ; young ladies theirs from the mistress 's boudoir on the first floor to their bedrooms above it . |
| 12 | Islington JS followed in the footsteps of their all-conquering home team , FA Cup winners Arsenal , when they raised the winner 's trophy at the first Central and Western area five-a-side tournament on May 23 . |
| 13 | John Stork — when in his mid-30s — became aware of headhunting when he found himself on the receiving end of a headhunter 's call for the first time ; in due course he became the successful candidate , but did not take the job , staying on as a member of the international Board of Masius Wynne-Williams advertising agency , where he had earlier been head of research . |
| 14 | In an Author 's Note to the first book , Master and Commander , Patrick O'Brian assures us that ‘ … very often the improbable reality outruns fiction ’ and offers enough information about his sources ( in log-books , diaries and other contemporary records ) to confirm the authenticity of the events through which he displays his characters . |
| 15 | All have indicated willingness to leave following Forest 's relegation to the First Division at the subsequent retirement of manager Brian Clough . |
| 16 | By a consent order dated 1 July 1988 the proceedings against the second defendant were stayed , pursuant to an agreement between the plaintiff and the second defendant , entered into by the second defendant in ignorance of the plaintiff 's agreement with the first defendant , under which the second defendant paid the plaintiff £18,000 and costs . |
| 17 | during which some part of the story was told in conventional gesture , e.g. the casting of Carabosse 's spell and the Lilac Fairy 's response in the first scene of The Sleeping Beauty . |
| 18 | You take me away for the weekend and then come back and act as if you 've just met me at a friend 's house for the first time ! |
| 19 | Janet tested the therapist 's determination during the first week by threatening to take an overdose if a second telephone call was not accepted . |
| 20 | Mr Doran had moved his wife 's cake to the first position , and Mr Clancy had moved it back to the middle , saying the first cake tasted had the best chance , and his wife 's cake would be first as it had got there first . |
| 21 | Meeting your wife 's mother for the first time . |
| 22 | She thought she might even be able to get a good night 's sleep for the first time since she had arrived at the house . |
| 23 | So that you can try them yourself , Elizabeth Arden is giving away a week 's supply to the first 750 readers whose names are picked on 28 February . |
| 24 | Cricket now … the amateur players of the Minor Counties have been taking on the game 's elite in the first round of the Nat West Trophy . |
| 25 | Nicandra waited breathless for " Come in " to sound , before running to Maman 's bed for the first kiss of the day . |
| 26 | Milk is still an important main part of a baby 's diet throughout the first year , particularly with this way of weaning . |
| 27 | But it would be absurd that he should be able to plead the jury 's verdict in the first trial as a bar to the second . |
| 28 | He was stiff with disapproval at the notion of her carrying buckets of steaming hen mash about the place like any farmer 's daughter in the first place and any chance to cram her back into what he considered her proper place as a lady , he would take . |
| 29 | So , similarly , in the First World War , we assumed proudly as an accolade of honour the Kaiser 's ridicule of the first British Expeditionary Force as that ‘ contemptible little army ’ . |
| 30 | He was a member of a well-known Jewish banking family in Frankfurt , and had the unique distinction of having served in the trenches in the Kaiser 's uniform in the First World War and then , having sought shelter here from the Nazi persecutions of the 1930s , having served as a British officer in King George 's uniform in the Second . |