Example sentences of "our [noun pl] [prep] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Table 2.2 demonstrates changes over the seventeen years to 1987 : western Europe took over half our exports for the first time in recent history ; by 1987 , the EC alone took virtually half , and most other destinations , except for North America , had declined in relative importance . |
| 2 | After that I do n't remember very much , except that in our ecstasy the fatal word ‘ love ’ passed our lips for the first time . |
| 3 | Even with such a drastic cut , we estimated our losses for the first year as being in the region of £148,000 . |
| 4 | The next day we spent the forenoon ashore at Smeerenburg looking at the remains of the old Dutch whaling-station , and setting our feet for the first time on the Spitsbergen tundra . |
| 5 | It just means that we would like that because we know we 've covered all our costs in the first year and the second year is nice profit . |
| 6 | Meanwhile , our heroes of the first encounter have dashed across to challenge another . |
| 7 | We were getting paid our pensions on the first week of Nove November . |
| 8 | All I want is the truth , the real reason why you decided to come here , why you suggested that we try to ease our differences in the first place . ’ |