Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] [adv prt] [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 | The Gloster meteors will be slogging it out in the first round of the British baseball knockout cup on Sunday . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | 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 " . |
8 | For the Sunday the pros would be on their own , battling it out for the first prize of £500,000 . |
9 | They moved on , following it up to the first of the ruined buildings . |