Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] on the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only 25 of the forty aircraft entered were ready to start , and then several dropped out on the first leg due to mechanical problems . |
| 2 | We played late on the first day and I went round in the morning spotting the pin positions , trying to get a feel for the course so I could give the right information to Nick . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | He achieved little on the first day that he spent ‘ in the field ’ but on the second day he got into conversation with a group of men about a puppy that one was carrying . |
| 5 | Price powered home on the first count with 465 first preference votes , but Beth mustered only 11 . |
| 6 | But he lost out on the First Division title because he was reluctant to strengthen the team . |
| 7 | After four attempts to set our 45lb CQR in the thin sand-over-rock bottom , we gave up and put out a couple of 40lb Danforths , both of which bit hard on the first attempt . |
| 8 | Nevertheless , the yacht did well on the first leg , finishing sixth . |
| 9 | We did n't , we did n't on the first request . |
| 10 | Andy Payton was denied with a good Bobby Mimms save as he burst through on the first occasion . |
| 11 | Way back in 1957 I had talked my boss into allowing me to learn to fly helicopters with the British European Airways Helicopter Unit at Gatwick and in 1960 I sat in on the first ground school course BOAC conducted for their senior captains converting to the first Boeing 707s . |
| 12 | As the sun sinks , the young bats stream from the cave-mouth like smoke and set off on the first stage of their long journey south . |
| 13 | She picked up on the first ring , almost as though she had been expecting him to call . |