Example sentences of "the [noun sg] and [verb] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | they would terminate the contract and refund the first instalment . |
| 2 | Outside facilitators worked with the committee to look at current staff development issues in the University and to take the first steps in producing a new strategy paper on Staff Development Policy for the University . |
| 3 | Begin with the first page of the transcript and count the first 50 utterances which fulfil the following conditions : |
| 4 | His name too , with all its starkness and its distinctly masculine aura , fitted him exactly — though this man possessed none of the innocence and wonder the first Adam must have had in his Garden of Eden . |
| 5 | But when Strawberry reached under the seat and produced the first bottle of an apparently endless supply of Star Tiger rice spirit we realised it was not going to be that kind of adventure . |
| 6 | Not that Andrew Orkney will dwell too much this week on leading them into the Canal Turn and over the final six flights and up the long finish and on to the post and becoming the first optician to win and riding into history . |
| 7 | Toss the first ball in your right hand towards your left one and as it peaks throw the ball in the left hand towards the right and catch the first ball in your left . |
| 8 | I confirm that you will be writing extending an invitation to join the group and calling the first meeting for 2p.m. on Tuesday 27th April at the university . |
| 9 | Silence was observed as she moved a table to stand between Charlotte and the chair Natasha had sat in , then arranged the china and poured the first cups . |
| 10 | ( Z ) This is a useful addition to the Agenda and gives the first intimation to members that they should book the date . |
| 11 | An icy blast erupts from the caster and strikes the first unit in its path and within its range of 24″ . |
| 12 | I pulled the short straw and could not drink as I had the job of getting everyone up in the morning and doing the first two hours driving . |
| 13 | A week ago her plan had been to give Travis the slip and catch the first flight out . |
| 14 | She threw herself off the bed and hauled the first outfit that came to hand from the wardrobe . |
| 15 | DeFreitas injured a thigh muscle early in the tour and missed the first Test . |
| 16 | I think we must seek clarification Mr and your willing to take the resolution and drop the first two lines of your resolution . |
| 17 | She was a nurse at a hospital on the other side of the village , and Killion had met her the previous evening by simply walking into the hospital and asking the first girl he saw if she would come out with him . |
| 18 | The incubation period between picking up the infection and showing the first clinical signs is four to five days and during this time the animal appears clinically normal . |
| 19 | She lifted the receiver and dialled the first number with great care . |
| 20 | Much the easiest way to assemble a larger labour force was to buy slaves , and the Dutch were ready to help with this , giving the fairly long credit that anyone who wanted to become a planter would need in order to finance his purchases of slaves and of machinery to crush the cane and take the first steps in refining it . |
| 21 | The priest had to act as both choirmaster and precentor , setting the pitch and intoning the first line of each hymn , as well as training his people to sing the Merbecke setting which Father Jackson had adapted for Burmese use . |
| 22 | He did n't see them hurry down the street and take the first turning that came : Jess talking and talking now . |
| 23 | If bandage-type insulation is used , start at the tank and tie the first wrap , pressing it in close contact with the tank |
| 24 | Should she sell him the house and take the first flight back to England ? she wondered . |