Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] be on [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The bookies are offering longer odds on Doncaster winning anything than they are on the first Martian landing in Newton Aycliffe . ’ |
| 2 | If you are on the first field of an option and you press BACKSPACE , an error message is reported at the foot of the page . |
| 3 | The household chaplain , whose role it was to minister to the spiritual needs of princely families , could also produce letters , such as those written for Stephen of Blois to his wife Adela while he was on the First Crusade ; or charters , like those produced for the post-Conquest dukes of Normandy . |
| 4 | You may knit the background or the pattern stitches of each row first , depending on whether you 're on the first two , or the last two , rows of the four-row cycle . |
| 5 | Nigel 's arrangement of the white slaves , as he called the domestic machines , positioned as they were on the first floor , entailed many journeys upstairs to inspect their progress . |
| 6 | Mind you , erm , I have n't been conscious about him at all , even when he was on the first of all . |
| 7 | He might have an interesting tale to tell but it could probably be told in the space of thirty minutes and on later meetings hauled out and paraded again exactly as it was on the first occasion . |