Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] on the first " in BNC.
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| 31 | But he lost out on the First Division title because he was reluctant to strengthen the team . |
| 32 | It is time to recognise the last three phases — currently we have concentrated primarily on the first phase . |
| 33 | This was obviously the pigeons ' favourite delicacy : at the sight of the tin can , the pigeons leapt in the air and fluttered above us waiting to dive down on the first grains ; others landed flirtatiously on Fardine 's arms and shoulders . |
| 34 | Lambert nursed his coughing , shaking aircraft back to the field and thankfully touched down on the first available yard of turf . |
| 35 | It was of the gate to Marie Claire 's villa : a clear bold drawing of the tall wrought-iron gate I had watched the girl go through on the first night I saw her . |
| 36 | Liam McNamara ( a North Shore surfer riding a Willis Phazer ) took off on the first , followed by Tony Moniz ( another local ) on the second and Carroll on the third . |
| 37 | ‘ Go home on the first flight out of here . |
| 38 | It is to be regretted that teachers dwell disproportionately on the first of these conventional classroom for the sake of a permanent record . |
| 39 | So I will take the blame for that one , but why did n't the machine tuck up on the first two garments of the same size ? |
| 40 | Two more previews to go , and then , at seven o'clock on the Thursday ( early so that the critics could get their copy in ) , the curtain would go up on the first night proper of The Hooded Owl . |
| 41 | Hank was so used to being deserted by his mother that he did not think it odd that she should go out on the first evening in ten weeks that his father had been able to spend at home . |
| 42 | After four attempts to set our 45lb CQR in the thin sand-over-rock bottom , we gave up and put out a couple of 40lb Danforths , both of which bit hard on the first attempt . |
| 43 | What 'appened there on the first of June last year were n't just a tragedy , oh no . |
| 44 | There was a lot of noise ; people were getting bets down on the first pair . |
| 45 | Nevertheless , the yacht did well on the first leg , finishing sixth . |
| 46 | We did n't , we did n't on the first request . |
| 47 | Andy Payton was denied with a good Bobby Mimms save as he burst through on the first occasion . |
| 48 | Judgment was reserved yesterday on the first legal moves to pin the blame for the contamination . |
| 49 | hello there … today we 've come east to the far east for our Central South sport … we 're in Nepal with some local pioneers who are setting off on the first ever Kathmandu marathon … before we run we have join our football parade … |
| 50 | Summing up on the first and second reasons , it is evident that the main objection to Article 86 legislation is that business does not relish the prospect of fines for abuse of monopoly power , because it would have to take competition policy more seriously in future . |
| 51 | Although it can be very tempting to splash out on the first splendid specimen that catches your eye , you might be surprised at what you can find once you really start looking . |
| 52 | The leading group became 16 riders at Alsager , after 30 miles , and then split again on the first big climb of the day 15 miles later . |
| 53 | I We 'd talked about it and said Well , we 're not going to get married whilst war 's on , as er probably the generation before , had said in nineteen fourteen , and er we got married eventually on the first of December , nineteen forty . |
| 54 | Way back in 1957 I had talked my boss into allowing me to learn to fly helicopters with the British European Airways Helicopter Unit at Gatwick and in 1960 I sat in on the first ground school course BOAC conducted for their senior captains converting to the first Boeing 707s . |
| 55 | The first ‘ official ’ race was held in 1972 and it has been held annually on the first or second Wednesday in May ever since . |
| 56 | As the sun sinks , the young bats stream from the cave-mouth like smoke and set off on the first stage of their long journey south . |
| 57 | She picked up on the first ring , almost as though she had been expecting him to call . |