Example sentences of "up [prep] the first [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Late in March Mahmoud showed up for the first time since the Yanks had moved out . |
| 2 | In some parts of the south-east , groundwater levels are lower than at any time since records began 200 years ago , with some boreholes in the Chiltern Hills drying up for the first time since they were sunk last century . |
| 3 | Accurate pictures could now be built up for the first time as to how tigers spent their day , how often they killed , their associations with other tigers and how the young animals found and established their own home ranges . |
| 4 | It was on the rebound from Higginbotham that she took up with the first boy that she came near to liking . |
| 5 | If there is make up on from the first erm removal , then you could then take off the make up with the first application and then go over twice more , so it would be three times if you 've got quite a lot of base or foundation on . |
| 6 | But young couples are often surprised , even shocked , by the ferocity of the rows that can suddenly blow up in the first year or two of marriage . |
| 7 | Either he left when he discovered the pregnancy , or he had already gone , or the relationship had broken up in the first year or two after having the baby , when he had been unwilling or unable to settle down and take the responsibility . |
| 8 | This should be followed by a separate section on how to set the system up in the first place and how to check that it is working properly . |
| 9 | ‘ There 's been a lot of talk about the £14 million funding for community care this year but the fact is £4 million of that went in setting the thing up in the first place and we 've only got £10 million left for the rest of the year , ’ said Coun Ron Kennedy . |
| 10 | I could double up on the first hit and get better odds . ’ |
| 11 | So she goes up to the first man and she goes , hi , handsome , and he goes , hello , hello and he 's erected , right . |
| 12 | I hurried up to the first floor and on turning at the landing was met by a strange sight . |
| 13 | He puffed his way up to the first floor and , finding the outer door open , knocked on the inner one . |