Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] [adv] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite the failure of similar tactics on the Madrid front , it had been planned as another Moroccan-type , head-on attack along the first line of Republican defences , with the aim of breaking through at two points , advancing as far as the second line of defence and laying siege to Bilbao from there . |
| 2 | Paying independently for research would be far too expensive , and as Payne acknowledges candidly , ‘ If we 're paying commissions and thus get literally the first call on the telephone , we have an edge when it comes to news items . |
| 3 | Many of the young people today have n't the first idea of what 's going on . ’ |
| 4 | I sometimes shape just the first third of the sleeve , increasing rapidly in this section but making it possible to knit the rest of the sleeve straight . |
| 5 | If applying two coats , lightly rub down the first coat when it is dry to form a good key for the second coat . |