Example sentences of "[noun] for [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | How much did we buy Kerslake for in the first place ? |
| 2 | Their first innings made only 205 , with 57 from Smith and 43 from debutante Bailey ( whose reward , after failing in the second innings , was to be dropped against Sri Lanka , one of the most astonishing pieces of selectoral crassness for years ) ; but on the second morning , in real sunshine for about the first time in the rubber , Foster bowled splendidly to decapitate the order . |
| 3 | I 'd forgotten that was what I 'd picked a Gnat for in the first place It sounded horrible , coming from him . |
| 4 | We had our own bedrooms and that was saying quite a bit , because er the , the nurses home had been built er for the er as a sort of war memorial for after the First World War which was one of the most sensible war memorials I think anyone could have er provided . |
| 5 | What we normally do is get together with the rhythm section for about the first week or so — and it 's just heaven because you 're just a small band . |