Example sentences of "[vb base] up [prep] [art] first [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Er what was your first idea of what you was gon na be when you grow up in the first place ?
2 If you find this difficult to understand , take any of your punchcards , and count up from the first pattern row to the number 1 in the margin .
3 Gazza and Maradona square up for the first time for the world 's undisputed No 1 title as Lazio take on Seville in a friendly in Spain .
4 Many give up at the first hurdle before discovering the eventual and significant rewards . ’
5 No partnership has a guarantee of happiness , and if you give up at the first hint of discord you 'll never find the rewards a mature and honest relationship can bring .
6 ALTHOUGH 63 per cent of new mothers breastfeed their babies , 15 per cent give up in the first week after birth , according to a survey by the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys .
7 DUNCAN FERGUSON and Scott Booth will this afternoon get the opportunity to justify Craig Brown 's opinion that they are full internationalists of the future when they team up for the first time in Scotland 's Under-21 side .
8 If there is make up on from the first erm removal , then you could then take off the make up with the first application and then go over twice more , so it would be three times if you 've got quite a lot of base or foundation on .
9 These themes constantly recur up to the First World War .
10 Yes so why did you say shut up in the first place ?
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