Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv prt] [prep] the first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Liverpool may have been five goals up from the first leg , but this was never going to be an easy game in 70-degree heat and on a typically bumpy Mediterranean pitch . |
| 2 | The CBI rejects warnings that companies will hide behind the new anti-hacking laws , rather than make efforts to keep intruders out in the first place . |
| 3 | Deane was playing well out of position acting as a left wing , to such an extent that he got a few crosses in during the first half . |
| 4 | There were brambles up to the first floor . ’ |
| 5 | Three years on from the first album , Neneh admits that ‘ the till bells are ringing empty . |
| 6 | To do this properly you need to hold the strings down at the first fret and measure from the top of the pickup polepiece to the underside of the strings . |
| 7 | ‘ We all have our own ways out of the first forest , ’ Harry said . |
| 8 | I rolled up my trousers and carried the bags out to the first barge . |
| 9 | A blur of lights as a quick thinking cameraman locks on to the first Patriot missile fired in war . |
| 10 | The rates charged are the same as first class inland rates ( except that letters up to the first weight step sent at the Forces surface letter rate will be accepted at BFPO address in Europe ) . |