Example sentences of "[subord] [num] [prep] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In reply , Boycott and Brearley put on no less than 129 for the first wicket — jolly good in a Test , but they took thirty-eight overs about it , with Boycott not getting into double figures until the seventeenth over . |
| 2 | Technology chairman Derek Lewis expects sales in the hundreds rather than thousands in the first year , but is aiming for between 5% and 10% of the UK Unix market thereafter . |
| 3 | Ninety four people were arrested some as young as fifteen in the first month … |
| 4 | Richard Elliott , the Headmaster , chose Francis as one of the first pupil teachers , and in due course promoted him to the position of junior teacher at the Margate branch of the Asylum . |
| 5 | Now consider what happens when two of the first generation tall peas are crossed . |