Example sentences of "[vb past] into the first [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I came into the first form of his boarding school . |
| 2 | Another practice fairly common in the sixteenth century , that of the " circular " embassy which visited a series of different states , negotiating with each in turn , also persisted into the first half of that which followed . |
| 3 | Then I bit into the first slice of bread ; home made , plastered thickly with farm butter and topped by a lavish layer of heather honey from the long row of hives I had often seen on the edge of the moor above . |
| 4 | HE left NME to create the equally successful Smash Hits and then decided to go it alone with £4,000 from his building society account — all of which went into the first edition of The Face . |
| 5 | The strong economic performance of 1989 , when gross domestic product ( GDP ) grew in real terms by 4.5 per cent , continued into the first half of 1990 but began to slow down thereafter ; GDP growth for the year was only 3.5 per cent . |
| 6 | The improvement achieved in all major classes during 1992 continued into the first quarter of 1993 as the portfolio benefited increasingly from action on rates and operating costs . |
| 7 | Pressure on sterling continued into the first quarter of 1990 as inflation and interest rates increased , and on March 19 sterling hit a record low against the West German mark at DM2.71 . |
| 8 | Despite the severe engineering problems encountered in building the line , which are still very evident today , the line prospered into the first quarter of the 20th century . |