Example sentences of "[prep] the first [noun] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Brian Gayle did n't defend well for the first goal and Gage did a Val Parnell act in the middle of the park to set up the lad for his second . ’ |
| 2 | By an order dated 12 May 1992 the judge found the husband guilty of contempt of court in respect of two offences , and sentenced him to four weeks ' imprisonment for the first offence and to three months ' imprisonment for the second , the sentences to run consecutively and be suspended for 18 months . |
| 3 | If you do not give us this information , or you give false information , you may be subject to a penalty of £50 for the first offence and £200 for any subsequent offence . |
| 4 | Justin says he ran for the first bit and now has a big blister |
| 5 | It expects a loss for the first quarter and the loss will be substantially larger than analyst estimates — the average forecast has been for a loss of two cents a share on turnover of $565m — a figure the company says is way too high . |
| 6 | This is a combination of the list we used for the first plan and the list used for the draft of the second plan . |
| 7 | Fourteen pound for the firs er twelve pound for the first half and fourteen for the second . |
| 8 | Up for grabs are six travel awards from Larne to Cairnryan for the first male and female in each of three age categories . |
| 9 | Benne Johannsen , manager of the Danish champions , travelled to Georgia with Linfield for the first leg and he 's not too keen on going back . |
| 10 | And then we get into settling into school er , for the first part and looking at things about coming to a new school |
| 11 | Another problem is that the tests show practice effects ; that is , for the first day or so of testing , subjects ' performances improve greatly ( and so mask any daily rhythms ) as they are getting used to the tests and are developing their personal ways of tackling them . |
| 12 | For the first day or so after the flight you might find it helps to retire to bed one or two hours earlier than your normal time — but no earlier than that ! |
| 13 | A ‘ lie-in ’ of one to two hours but no more is permissible for the first day or so . |
| 14 | But only for the first day or so ; after a week I ca n't wait to return to Koraloona . ’ |
| 15 | It 's probably best not to feed your fish for the first day or so as they settle in ( though some fish will feed within a few minutes of being stocked ) . |
| 16 | And from a bonding point of view , breastfeeding — even for the first day or so — is very valuable . ’ |
| 17 | The two-year deal amounted to 9.5 per cent for the first year and inflation plus 2.5 per cent for the second . |
| 18 | The discount , running for one year , comes off the C&G base mortgage rate of 8.5% , producing a rate of 6.5% for the first year and an annual percentage rate of 9.3% . |
| 19 | I think I could pay you two shillings a week for the first year and we 'd have to see how things went . |
| 20 | Students intending to take a joint degree join either department for the first year and since requirements of two departments must be satisfied , joint degree students normally have a restricted choice of courses in first and second years . |
| 21 | For the first year or so it turns you into a kind of psychopathic animal and then suddenly , like a butterfly emerging from the pupa , you sprout wings , your heart opens , you become … charming . |
| 22 | For the first year or so some of the people , particularly in the big independent television ( ITV ) companies , were incredibly scornful of both Liz Forgan and myself . |
| 23 | Relatively little could be done for the first year or two ; Pitt had a view of the war that stretched over the whole world , but it took some time to prepare the resources to give effect to this vision . |
| 24 | For the first year or so of the war , oil and gas operations in the Gulf , leaving aside the damaged Iraqi terminals , continued very much as in the 1970s . |
| 25 | Lyndon Johnson 's searing complaints against the British have been much quoted , yet for the first year or two the president was not insensitive to the political realities in London . |
| 26 | In fact , for the first year or two she 'd expected to hear from him , asking for a divorce so that he could marry Marissa , who had , apparently , followed him to Sydney . |
| 27 | Near his Chalk Farm flat was an entrée to another social scene , the world of the small magazines , of Pete Brown , Mal Dean — who had done design for the first It and Robins was drawn towards it . |
| 28 | On 24 August the Eliots travelled to Edinburgh for the first night and , once again , the reaction of the audience was favourable . |
| 29 | Oliver pressed the button for the first floor but Rain held the door open and allowed Wickham to join them . |
| 30 | If the child does n't want to go for the first test or even the second test , it is their right . ’ |