Example sentences of "[det] way [prep] the first [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Some learn in this way for the first time about what goes on inside a university .
2 When Daniel Defoe came this way during the first quarter of the eighteenth century he observed that :
3 Having taken the trouble to travel all this way in the first place , he 'd doubtless find some means of coercing her to stay .
4 and it 's called mediant because it lies exactly half way between the first note and the fifth note which is also a very important note in the scale , which we 'll come to in a minute .
5 ‘ We 're more than half way through the first series and I 've managed to keep both jobs going .
6 Well we 've got ten pages to do , we 're only half way through the first page man !
7 Half way through the first city I discovered that Mario Is Missing ! is intended for children !
8 Half way round the first lap a short sharp guest of wind took them by surprise and they found themselves having an early bath .
9 Until now guests at the new premises on Harewood Hill have had to find their own way to the first floor .
10 Apart from O'Leary 's injury , Arsenal had things largely their own way in the first half against a Norwich team who were still obviously suffering from the disappointment of Sunday 's Cup defeat .
11 In fact I do n't know what made me think he was that way in the first place — unless it was you , of course , leading me off the trail !
12 She picked up her bag and followed him out to his car , hating him for making her feel so gauche , and hating herself more for acting that way in the first place .
13 What was the object , I know we discussed it at great length , but what was the object of it going that way in the first place ?
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