Example sentences of "[pron] of the first " in BNC.

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1 Eventually , Peter rid them of the first , hapless shop in San Francisco and , in 1981 , felt ready to open in New York .
2 SEEING THE ARTICLE on the ‘ 109 in the July issue of FlyPast reminded me of the first time I saw it .
3 As we discuss the changing role of the traditional high-street off-licence , it is all too plain that none of the first six customers have browsed or bought wine or done what the market research says they should be doing .
4 It is not clear whether it is the limited powers of the Tribunal or the wide powers of the Government which led to none of the first sixty-eight complaints to the Tribunal being upheld .
5 While none of the first set of ideas may be feasible or even relevant , they can be built on , allowing the flow to continue freely no matter how perverse the line of argument .
6 While none of the first set of ideas may be feasible or even relevant , they can be built on , allowing the flow to continue freely no matter how perverse the line of argument .
7 Was this one of the first disco records ?
8 In a house facing there and her son was one of then Caernarfon er what do you call them er militia like and they had to go talking with me and a little One of the first little motor cars like this .
9 The conduct of the elections attracted considerable interest , being the one of the first to be held in a traditionally single-party state since the recent adoption of pluralist systems by a number of sub-Saharan African states [ for Gabon elections see this page ] .
10 Erm well as many of you know the first one of the first things that you see , if you 're c approaching the town from from the A six one two , from er .
11 Because Pound was not a combatant , and because he resolutely resisted making easily patriotic and self-righteous gestures ( this is what Homage to Sextus Propertius is about , very largely ) , the impact upon him of the First World War is under-estimated .
12 It reminded her of the first time she 'd seen him .
13 What of the first question , man .
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