Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] 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 | It was on the rebound from Higginbotham that she took up with the first boy that she came near to liking . |
| 4 | She picked up on the first ring , almost as though she had been expecting him to call . |
| 5 | And of course we broke up , we broke up on the first of August er for the er month holiday you see ? |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ Piece of cake , ’ Nails agreed as they lined up for the first time on the pool edge . |
| 8 | 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 . |