Example sentences of "[noun sg] on the first [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the bedroom on the first floor Philip woke as the sun came up . |
| 2 | Wycliffe left his car on the first car park he came to and walked . |
| 3 | Duke of Gloucester 's run on the first mid-week North Wales Coast Express was hit by a number of problems none of which were as a result of problems with the locomotive . |
| 4 | In one data disk on the First World War , for instance , pupils were able to access an official report of an attack , an entry in a private diary and also to see how a newspaper reported the incident . |
| 5 | There was a shared toilet on the first floor landing . |
| 6 | Lowering her gaze from the intense sunlight reflected on the upper walls to the leaded doors , she placed a foot on the first stone step . |
| 7 | The hire desk made a phonecall on the first credit card that he offered , and then told him that he 'd exceeded his limit and they could n't take the charge . |
| 8 | The Institute collects the money on the first banking day in January each year . |
| 9 | A book on the First World War made no mention of women 's contribution to the war effort at home or abroad . |
| 10 | This very awkward junction was signalled with three lamps in a small wooden box on the first traction post in Tamworth Road and another in Lower Church Street . |
| 11 | Once again , the backbone of the innings came from Lamb and Botham , and just before the close on the first day Lamb became the first England batsman since Barrington in 1960 to score centuries in consecutive Test innings against West Indies . |
| 12 | All four hit fine drives under pressure on the first play-off hole . |
| 13 | My hon. Friends will be interested in this matter , because it is an HMI report on the first city technology college , Kingshurst , in Solihull in the west midlands . |
| 14 | Driving a Renault Clio 16 valve , Nigel 's event almost ended in disaster when he slid into a ditch on the first forest stage , near Chester . |
| 15 | ‘ Immediately ’ is defined ( at this stage ) as the earliest possible time on the first working day of absence . |