Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [vb past] [prep] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it hardly looked a bet as the Reds struggled in the first half in face of fluent football , much of which was inspired by Chelsea player manager Glenn Hoddle . |
| 2 | Those Roebuck penalties apart , the only other scores from the Australians came in the first half , when strapping winger Damien Smith barged his way through two tackles to notch the game 's only try . |
| 3 | State socialism has not been very successful in transferring technology between countries , and has brought its own kind of exploitation ( as the Yugoslavs discovered in the first few years after the war ) . |
| 4 | The revelations emerged on the first day of the World Indoor Championships in Toronto , representing the worst possible news for beleaguered international athletics officials coming hot on the heels of the repeat Ben Johnson scandal . |
| 5 | The floods started in the first week of February , killing at least 230 people and sweeping away farmland , roads , irrigation networks and power lines . |
| 6 | During the study , it was also used to address some of the issues uncovered during the first Activity , particularly with regard to cooperation and coordination . |
| 7 | It , again , entails college work , and school work , with the group of children which the students joined in the first term . |
| 8 | On the seventh of September the clouds broke for the first time , the wind subsided , and the sun came out . |
| 9 | They always had to do them on Boxing Day , so that the letters went into the first possible post after Christmas . |
| 10 | The accusations came during the first day of a tribunal in which Ron Thomson claims he was forced to quit his post as general manager at the trust . |