Example sentences of "[adv] [noun sg] [prep] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was no longer part of the First Church of Christ the Spiritualist . |
| 2 | to service the service clan which , I do n't think will be controversial but erm I did just seat for the first part of report , the little bit about . |
| 3 | The membership remained largely moribund until the First World War , although the title of the union had been somewhat pretentiously changed to the National Agricultural Labourers ' and Rural Workers ' Union ( N A L R W U ) in 1912 . |
| 4 | Town are still second in the first division , but are reckoned to be playing the best football . |
| 5 | Before the race , Mrs Munns judged the best turned-out horse , which she told me she was also doing for the first time . |
| 6 | Anyway , 25 years — nearly time for the first facelift , Billy . |
| 7 | The old boy soldiered on , perplexed , till almost teatime on the first one-dayer , before throwing in the towel with blanket irony — ‘ Well , if I do n't know their names , at least it 's jolly nice to see all the familiar faces again . ’ |