Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb -s] in the first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The following example comes from the interview with Sally Jordan , a factory worker and a dustman 's wife ; she belongs in the first group of working-class women whose early positive or non-committal response turns into predominantly negative feeling : |
| 2 | He sits in the first pew he comes to and leers at the door every twenty seconds with the frowsiest of sighs . |
| 3 | At the beginning Dickens piles up adjectives in order to set the scene and build atmosphere as is shown when he writes in the first chapter |
| 4 | For a start , there 's a whole team of people who work to make sure it happens in the first place . |
| 5 | In the last two stanzas , Blake is explaining the marks of woe that he sees in the first stanza — but what extraordinary connections to make ! |
| 6 | Indeed , if there is a zero eigenvalue , it appears in the first transformation , i.e. in B. It follows that shifting ( see 2.7.4 ) can be used with great advantage to accelerate convergence . |
| 7 | In Scotland and Wales there is the same pressure for equal treatment but it comes in the first instance from MPs who will pounce on any discrepancies and ask why England ( or Scotland and Wales ) is receiving special treatment . |