Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] [adv] in the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Either he left when he discovered the pregnancy , or he had already gone , or the relationship had broken up in the first year or two after having the baby , when he had been unwilling or unable to settle down and take the responsibility . |
| 2 | Donna shivered and decided to head back to the car , not even sure why she had come here in the first place . |
| 3 | He had dozed off in the first act , but always does after luncheon wherever he is , he explained . |
| 4 | The income from customs dues , which had risen sharply in the first year of the reign , thanks to Mary 's reforms , was remarkably sluggish thereafter . |
| 5 | The Polytechnic had argued convincingly in the first round that to have done so then would have simply involved the NAB in steering its ‘ service ’ work around . |
| 6 | but er the essential work contract then that I had spoken about in the first place the building trade , that was a government order . |
| 7 | Corporate partnerships in engineering , electronics and computing , especially involving West Germany which accounted for 120 such partnerships , had increased sharply in the first half of 1990 . |
| 8 | Embarking on a spell of 10 games in 25 days , which will decide their Second Division fate , Sunderland let slip a 2–1 advantage they had obtained early in the first half . |
| 9 | They drifted apart as casually and amicably as they had drifted together in the first place , with no ill-will on either side . |