Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] [adv] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rocastle got a page long interview expressing some puzzlement at Wilko keeping him out of the first team . |
| 2 | If she was n't , he slipped into her mind , the memory of her response to him both torment and humiliation , and dislodging him once he entered her thoughts proved far more difficult than keeping him out in the first place . |
| 3 | So far they had done precisely that , which made it all the more extraordinary that Julius should be here now , in her flat , actively seeking her out for the first time since he had overridden all his basic instincts and principles and strode out of her life ; away from the disastrous shambles of their marriage . |
| 4 | ‘ I have fished a poison-tongued mermaid from the sea , ’ he 'd grinned , straightening and gazing down at her as if inspecting her thoroughly for the first time . |
| 5 | The Gloster meteors will be slogging it out in the first round of the British baseball knockout cup on Sunday . |
| 6 | Bream are not great fighters and if you got one on then you knew it would stay on ; the trouble was getting one on in the first place ! |
| 7 | I do not criticise them for getting it wrong in the first place . |
| 8 | It is generally much easier simply to let cut material fall with this kind of work , but remember that clearing up every scrap afterwards is just as important as cutting it off in the first place . |
| 9 | Studying him now , dispassionately , without the emotional blindness of the aftermath of her accident , or the initial shock of finding that he was last night 's rescuer , it was like seeing him properly for the first time … |
| 10 | He nearly rang Fred up , but he would be seeing him tomorrow at the first night . |
| 11 | After calling for non-Muslim forces to be withdrawn from the Gulf , they cursed the Saudi Arabian government for inviting them there in the first place , and took a side-swipe at Israel for having occupied the West Bank in 1967 . |
| 12 | He looked at Mitch , studying him closely for the first time . |
| 13 | The manager will play Ryan Giggs from the start after leaving him out of the first leg due to a mix-up over UEFA rules governing foreign and assimilated players . |
| 14 | It was difficult to abandon the RPF precisely because de Gaulle had so compromised himself and his unique prestige by setting it up in the first place , by fighting elections , and by being a politician " like the others " . |
| 15 | For the Sunday the pros would be on their own , battling it out for the first prize of £500,000 . |
| 16 | They moved on , following it up to the first of the ruined buildings . |