Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am not sure if Sir Henry Wood conducted it , for at that time he seemed to conduct only the first item of a concert , and then ceded the podium to Basil Cameron . |
| 2 | If applying two coats , lightly rub down the first coat when it is dry to form a good key for the second coat . |
| 3 | By trimming down the first act , they kept the pace going , and the second act benefited . |
| 4 | Although this book covers just the first half-century of the period , it is a valuable contribution to the subject , as are the further volumes in the Pelican Social History series : Britain 1800–1870 by V.A.C . |
| 5 | This was a short-lived club , but important if only for the fact that it drew up the first Breed Standard in 1901 . |
| 6 | Abercrombie and fellow practitioners who prepared plans for the reconstruction of British cities after the war , and planning officers up and down the country who drew up the first batch of development plans after 1948 , worked to a common assumption : once the new urban land use pattern had been established , city form and structure would settle down into a steady state . |
| 7 | Denis , he supposed , keeping up the first son tradition . |
| 8 | Breeze snatched up the first thing she could find — her own mackintosh , which she had been wearing earlier in the day — and with one swift movement covered that smouldering sleeve with the thick material . |
| 9 | Once your kit is sorted out the first hour is generally spent getting used to the skis , sidestepping up the slope and sliding straight down . |
| 10 | LUF breakthrough Mrs Doris Ledger , left , and Mrs Jenny Metcalfe , members of the fund raising committee , signal the start of building work by knocking out the first brick . |
| 11 | After the therapist has introduced him/herself , explaining something about their profession , and the actual referral process , they might continue by explaining how the first session will proceed . |
| 12 | I do n't know when the first visit was , but it must have been very recent , possibly within a few days of your , er , release . ’ |
| 13 | Financing just the first instalment of Labour 's spending plans would raise basic-rate income tax by 3½p in the pound if the entire burden was not to be loaded on to the better-off . |
| 14 | They had done so the first time they got water for me and I had assumed they would continue . |
| 15 | The German Ideology is often seen with the Theses on Feuerbach , which was written just before it , as forming together the first formulation of Marxism . |
| 16 | Strachan who played only the first half engineered Leeds ' first goal with a 29th min cross for Noel Whelan to head in at the near post . |
| 17 | And then Jayne filled in the first day . |
| 18 | Stephen had turned down the first set of plans out of hand . |
| 19 | ‘ I mean , to have a German plane shot down the first time we went up . ’ |
| 20 | For everyone else , it really does n't matter , because the detective work is going to lead to applications for us today , as disciples who follow in the footsteps of Matthew the apostle and whoever it was who put together the first gospel of the New testament . |
| 21 | It could be implied in the operation code whether the first or second store address is to receive the result , but in practice any particular computer uses always the first address , or always the second address , as the destination : for example the SS ( two address ) format of the IBM 370 range uses the first address as the destination . |
| 22 | Mind you , I mean there 's no point they 'll be looking up the first word of each of these |
| 23 | Mr are you going to pick up the first point and then Mr . |
| 24 | Her aim was simple ; to head up the coast under cover of the bushes and seek out the first help she could . |
| 25 | We have expanded the programme in terms of the number of centres where treatment is provided , and at the beginning of next year we shall carry out the first heart transplant operations in Scotland . |
| 26 | Cos if you cut out the first oboe part , you 're in a little bit |
| 27 | You do n't get to the tax bracket Manny Jackson was in by shouting out the first thing that comes into your head . |
| 28 | One of the things he had not envisaged was how long it would take before he could send out the first invoice . |
| 29 | With each of them individually playing Herbert Thunder , they act out the first part of the story : Herbert finds a lonely spot for himself , and there he cries himself to sleep . |
| 30 | Without wishing to rule out the first option I should like to consider the second , to examine the possibilities of indirect leverage over investment decisions . |