Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [adv prt] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | On a nod from Richie , Patrick left them to it and moved over to the first tee . |
| 2 | A moment later , a second rider came up over the lip of rock and drew up beside the first . |
| 3 | I bought myself some fruit and wandered over to the first tee where Brian Harley was about to drive off . |
| 4 | As expected , Tadpole Technology plc , the UK company that took itself off to Austin , Texas , and came up with the first notebook computer based on Sun Microsystems Inc 's Sparc RISC chip and Unix , has decided the time is right to bring its Sparcbook 1 back to Europe ( UX No 371 ) . |
| 5 | Creggan did not like this and flew back to the first tree . |
| 6 | The woman clung to Julia 's hand and broke down for the first time , weeping and pouring out a torrent of Italian that Julia was incapable of translating for herself . |
| 7 | Patrick took his tea and went up to the first floor , to the long landing window which looked over the village green . |
| 8 | Then I saw an advert for a new consciousness-raising group in Spare Rib , and went along to the first meeting . |
| 9 | He put the letter in his Out tray and moved on to another piece of paper , and then he stopped and went back to the first letter . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | If a pup from the England A team should over-pitch the new ball , then , sure as eggs are eggs , England 's captain will tonk it back past him and set off for the first runs of 1992 . |
| 12 | If a pup from the England A team should over-pitch the new ball , then , sure as eggs are eggs , England 's captain will tonk it back past him and set off for the first runs of 1992 . |
| 13 | He kept it rolling and swerved off at the first exit on the right . |
| 14 | He made a show of pursuit , but gave up at the first intersection , returning to Jude breathless . |