Example sentences of "[adv] [adv prt] to the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Huy 's job was to tamp this second layer down on to the first . |
| 2 | This ‘ lobon-gur ’ solution ( LGS ) was prepared by taking ‘ half a seer ’ of tube well or boiled water and adding to it one three-finger pinch of ‘ lobon ’ ( exactly up to the first crease of the index finger ) and two four-finger scoops of ‘ gur ’ , then stirring well . |
| 3 | Even in the European North many peasants used old flintlocks right up to the first decades of the twentieth century , and in Siberia the use of bows and spears by Russians was not unknown at least as late as the 1830s . |
| 4 | Seve hit a 3-wood and hooked it miles , nearly on to the first green . |
| 5 | Far from being just another Rolls-Royce clone with winged ‘ B ’ badges , the Mulsanne went straight back to the first act where raw performance and driving reward shared equal billing with cossetting comfort and refinement . |
| 6 | Slowly , with her fists clenched tightly and her lips pursed , she put one foot and then the other out on to the first stepping-stone . |
| 7 | The Borderers , coached by Jim Telfer , beat Glasgow High/Kelvinside 27–16 at the Greenyards in their final game to win the major championship and hold off Edinburgh Academicals ' challenge , Kelso , relegated last season , moved back up to the first division . |
| 8 | Well I went back up to the first one and I said you need three one hundred and twenties to get to three hundred and sixty so |