Example sentences of "[vb base] [adj] [prep] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In their latest show , ‘ New Democratic Pictures ’ ( the first in Britain for three years ) , Gilbert and George ( who often appear alongside their exclusively male models ) pose naked for the first time . |
| 2 | And their answers are startling as they frankly reveal all for the first time . |
| 3 | They charge 4 for the first hour and 3 for the next . |
| 4 | ‘ Give these to the first person you come across , introduce yourself and see what happens , ’ she advised him , then set off on her own to the kitchen . |
| 5 | Leicester lie sixth in the First Division after a midweek defeat at Charlton and may make a change of captaincy . |
| 6 | Freed , furthermore , after 1870 from the embarrassment of the papal states and continually reinforced by its growing missionary societies , the Church was manifestly expanding in number and influence all through the first half of the twentieth century , when other large Churches were only too clearly declining rather than advancing . |
| 7 | find a cure erm perhaps we should try and think about why we get depressed in the first place , I know there 's lot of people who co , here have had problems . |
| 8 | Just to be safe , turn off the electricity and remove the fuses for the downstairs lighting Circuit and the upstairs ring main while you do this on the first floor — these cables are under the floorboards . |
| 9 | In social situations it has to be recognised that there is at least one other sentient being present who has his own objectives which might accord with or oppose those of the first person . |
| 10 | The drawings in large part complement those in the first catalogue with more examples by Andrea del Sarto , Bernini , Castiglione , Correggio , Giulio Romano , Guercino , Leonardo , Nicolo dell'Abbate , Parmigianino , Peruzzi , Pontormo , Primaticcio , G.C. Procaccini , Raphael , Guido Reni , Savoldo , Titian and Veronese , Ingres , Poussin , Watteau , Jordaens , Rubens , Bloemaert , Goltzius , Rembrandt , C. Saftleven , Cranach , Dürer and Pencz . |
| 11 | Coventry , who have not won in the three matches Regis has missed with a calf-muscle injury , trail 3-1 from the first leg , but Drinkell was optimistic , saying : ‘ It 's not irretrievable . |
| 12 | ‘ The chairman has received many letters , as have I , from MPs and people in the local community who see this as the first need for the force . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ The chairman has received many letters , as have I , from MPs and people in the local community who see this as the first need for the force . ’ |