Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | You remember I said to you that the only thing any witnesses could agree on about the first bloke who killed himself was his staring eyes ? ’ |
| 2 | A team of researchers from Bristol University was commissioned to examine what the YTS had to offer young black people and to indicate how they got on during the first six months of the scheme ( S. Fenton , Ethnic Minorities and the Youth Training Scheme Research and Development Series , no. 20 , MSC , 1984 ) . |
| 3 | And so it went on for the first 14 years of their friendship . |
| 4 | The specifications of November 1939 became a reality just 43 years ago , when a CW pump evacuated model with sealing wax joints was switched on for the first time at the end of February 1940 , and operated successfully . |
| 5 | As a climax , you could arrange for some of the room lights to be switched off one by one before the tree-lights are switched on for the first time ( test them first ! ) . |
| 6 | They come round at the interval and say , ‘ Was Ruby on for the first half ? ’ and I say , ‘ Yes . ’ |
| 7 | For instance , a LAN operating system like NetWare or an appropriate environment like Windows for Workgroups can be largely pre-installed at the factory , with the remaining configuration being done via a fill-in-the-blanks , sign-on display when the thing 's switched on for the first time . |
| 8 | I was operated on for the first time when I was two or three weeks old . |
| 9 | Andy Mutch has been trying his new kit on for the first time today . |
| 10 | There was one in this show when Charity Barnum 's understudy went on for the first time . |
| 11 | on for the first time yesterday |
| 12 | Rhos Quarry closed in 1953 — a godsend to Evan 's health as well as his career — and after working briefly in the forestry plantations he was taken on as the first National Nature Reserve Warden of the newly-formed Nature Conservancy Council . |
| 13 | Negotiations over the final contract were still going on as the first DinDisc releases appeared . |
| 14 | To make the needle fit the groove , the disc contained abrasive material , so the tip would be ground down during the first two or three revolutions . |
| 15 | As cricket activity wound down during the first two years of the war the Otago CA was finding Crawford to be an expensive acquisition , with only £103 in the Coach 's Fund and £169 being paid out for a six-month period . |
| 16 | The florist was closed , and they 'd put the fresh stock away , so that when Boy looked in through the first window the flowers he saw were of silk ; all artificial , but so good that they were better and fresher than the real thing , and certainly more expensive . |
| 17 | The police moved in during the first half and then at half-time as a mob of Englishmen taunted and threatened Spanish fans in Santander . |
| 18 | Deane was playing well out of position acting as a left wing , to such an extent that he got a few crosses in during the first half . |
| 19 | ‘ Most of the children came in during the first two days and our helplines were flooded with calls , but they appear to have calmed down now . ’ |
| 20 | Almost 2,000 knives and other blades have been handed in during the first fortnight of the month-long amnesty . |
| 21 | He had one fight in 1984 and was knocked down for the first time in his career . |
| 22 | The serious Christian , set down for the first time in a Christian community , is likely to bring with him a very definite idea of what Christian life together should be and try to realize it . |
| 23 | The curriculum laid down for the first time what pupils should learn in 10 subjects . |
| 24 | The woman clung to Julia 's hand and broke down for the first time , weeping and pouring out a torrent of Italian that Julia was incapable of translating for herself . |
| 25 | Where notification is given at the first stage , but not in accordance with the procedures laid down for the first stage , you shall not be disentitled to SSP for that day for that reason only . |
| 26 | The leadership wants to see the proportion of union voting strength at party conferences reduced from the current 70 per cent — down for the first time this year from the traditional 90 per cent — to an eventual 50 per cent . |
| 27 | This piece of information caused Makins to slow down for the first time and look at me more carefully . |
| 28 | Trident sub goes down for the first time |
| 29 | Having driven thirty miles and for fifty minutes , he is forced to slow down for the first time . |
| 30 | ‘ It 's a very good thing he 's been involved in the pre-tour training at Lilleshall and is going along for the first three weeks of the Indian tour to bowl in the nets . |