Example sentences of "[adv] the first [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 The First ( or rather the first he acknowledged , since there had been a previous Quartettsatz he had written at the age of 25 ) was completed in 1920 after a long gestation period of four years — partly explicable by its extreme complexity and his elaborately detailed indications on the playing of almost every note .
2 United made sure of the win midway through the second half … a gold star for David Collins having set up the first he made the second too …
3 Well he star I think probably the first He must have been a joiner for a wee while before he was you were just asked to do this the same I suppose as any other job any other joiner job
4 When push came to shove , all he 'd really done was make a pass at her — it was n't the first she 'd had to deal with , and probably would n't be the last .
5 It 's his first er match or at least the first he 's started since the opening weeks of the season .
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