Example sentences of "take the [noun] in the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | If someone who is offered an obviously forged check believes that if the issue is litigated a court will lay down a rule denying recovery for the future and apply that rule against him , he will not take the check in the first instance , and society will have the benefit of the better rule without actually paying the costs of litigation or incurring the disadvantages of bad commercial practice before the case is litigated . |
| 2 | But it was Leicester who took the lead in the first half , when Walsh headed home Philpotts cross . |
| 3 | London Scottish took the lead in the first half … and that was the only real highlight for the crowd … |
| 4 | Hereford 's hopes of building a winning run came to an end at Doncaster … the Rovers took the lead in the first half when the United defence was asleep … |
| 5 | League leaders Sunderland were held to a 1–1 draw at Whitehaven , who took the lead in the first half through Frank Hatton . |
| 6 | Swindon had taken the lead in the first half through striker Maskell . |
| 7 | And this after Blackburn had taken the lead in the first half with a goal from Mike who 's since reduced the arrears to three two with a second goal from the penalty spot . |
| 8 | Ireland had deservedly taken the lead in the first half through Brian Smith after good loose play swarmed England . |
| 9 | Still , the trip might buy him credit with the boss , unless he thought Cormack was a sycophantic idiot offering to take the things in the first place , which was equally likely . |
| 10 | We pay the employer as little as possible to take the trainee in the first place and then charge him as much as possible to train the trainee on his behalf . |