Example sentences of "[num] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the first " in BNC.

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1 Having started the match eight points down from the first leg , Hemel spent the first half apparently doing everything they could to double the deficit .
2 From there on , the cherry and whites took complete control and were 10 points up in the first 14 minutes .
3 ‘ I informed everyone in local league cricket , including 21 clubs of Asian boys , but only three turned up for the first week .
4 Over 60 turned up at the first two sessions at the town 's Southlands Centre .
5 The research by Yorkshire TV paid off last Sunday when 18 million tuned in for the first episode of A Touch of Frost .
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