Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [vb base] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The wise veterans nod their heads and wait for the first whistle . |
| 2 | Winters are wild enough to curtail many of the outdoor pursuits that attract in the first place . |
| 3 | Such expansion in a small business is particularly dangerous at this stage of its development in terms of potential survival given the number of small firms that fail in the first two years . |
| 4 | I fetch water — an easy job , just grab a kettle , head for the cliffs and fill from the first stream you fall in — and offer it to Tor . |
| 5 | In the dark old days rugby tours never went further than the west country or Wales … but times are changing fast as the sport gets more professional … you have to think big time now to win matches and survive in the first division … that 's why Gloucester 's new full-time director Barrie Corless and coach Keith Richardson took the players off to Italy for a two match tour |
| 6 | IT was claps , crackles and pop at the first night of a new comedy venue in Darlington . |