Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] up [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | I got out of bed and sat in my pyjama trousers and wrote a letter , quite a long letter , which I tore up at the first re-reading . |
| 2 | I hurried up to the first floor and on turning at the landing was met by a strange sight . |
| 3 | So she goes up to the first man and she goes , hi , handsome , and he goes , hello , hello and he 's erected , right . |
| 4 | Er what was your first idea of what you was gon na be when you grow up in the first place ? |
| 5 | As you walk up to the first Munro , Stob Choire Claurigh , the whole complexity of the Aonachs becomes clear . |
| 6 | No partnership has a guarantee of happiness , and if you give up at the first hint of discord you 'll never find the rewards a mature and honest relationship can bring . |
| 7 | ‘ How did you meet up in the first place ? |
| 8 | It was on the rebound from Higginbotham that she took up with the first boy that she came near to liking . |
| 9 | She picked up on the first ring , almost as though she had been expecting him to call . |
| 10 | And of course we broke up , we broke up on the first of August er for the er month holiday you see ? |
| 11 | W that bit we gave up after the First World War but we made er we did make some of these er patented things that they had in the Second World War . |
| 12 | ‘ Piece of cake , ’ Nails agreed as they lined up for the first time on the pool edge . |
| 13 | DUNCAN FERGUSON and Scott Booth will this afternoon get the opportunity to justify Craig Brown 's opinion that they are full internationalists of the future when they team up for the first time in Scotland 's Under-21 side . |
| 14 | Since they turned up on the first day of term wearing headscarves , their teachers , supported by the headmaster , have refused to teach them unless the girls remove the offending headgear . |