Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] up [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Outside his ears picked up for the first time the rustling of invisible leaves and the rattle of window-frames : the wind was rising . |
| 2 | Finally , David Stirling intended to take a small party and penetrate right through the enemy lines to join up with the First Army , which had landed in Algeria . |
| 3 | It was only when Cairo confirmed their names and service numbers that they were given the honoured status of the first Eighth Army troops to meet up with the First Army . |
| 4 | Anyone trying seriously to find out what was in the public mind at the time of the Boer War and the years leading up to the First World War will find information here of great value . |
| 5 | In the years leading up to the First World War the Hooligan embarked on a remarkable career , appearing in name if not in person before numerous governmental and semi-official bodies of enquiry . |
| 6 | Also in 1990 , 15pc of mothers gave up in the first week , and 38pc by the sixth , compared with 14pc in the first week and 39pc by week six in 1985 . |
| 7 | In some parts of the south-east , groundwater levels are lower than at any time since records began 200 years ago , with some boreholes in the Chiltern Hills drying up for the first time since they were sunk last century . |