Example sentences of "[vb past] [art] [noun pl] in the first " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | When he read the remarks in the first edition , the Lord of the Isles wrote angrily to Boswell ; a duel might have been fought had Boswell not agreed to edit out offending passages next time around . |
| 2 | WE are told that 13 million people plan to escape from polluted cities to the clean country — but who polluted the cities in the first place ? |
| 3 | The Bladerunner Rink in Milton Keynes was bubbling with excitement as the Kings faced the Wildcats in the first leg of this semi-final battle … and what a start … |
| 4 | How can nuclear weapons possibly be used except to destroy many lives — the lives of those on whom they are targeted and of those who fired the weapons in the first place ? |
| 5 | He says they 're all getting on so well they ca n't understand why the politicians started the wars in the first place . |
| 6 | So that you 're , in other words you either , you 're , by having the money back in your hand you are then restored to the position you were in before you bought the goods in the first place . |
| 7 | We were the ones who exported the slaves in the first place , and now the white man is being asked back to restore the castles . ’ |