Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun prp] [verb] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Early in yesterday 's session Mansell slid through the first turn , hit a curb and soared through the air before landing hard on his wheels . |
| 2 | Mrs Bolger who 's expecting a baby next month has not been in court but her husband Ralph sat through the first two days . |
| 3 | For example , in his chemistry exam John wrote for the first three answers blank , ether and litmus test . |
| 4 | But that was the word Morse repeated to the first question Lewis put to him about Lucy 's progress at 8.30 a.m. on the Tuesday . |
| 5 | However , Syrian officials contended that with the signing of the treaty Syria had for the first time formally acknowledged Lebanon as an independent state . |
| 6 | The bewildered children of his son Robert learnt for the first time how their apparently benevolent grandfather really viewed their father . |