Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [adv] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thousands of caribou perished in just the first year of this dam . |
| 2 | No one has so far questioned the judgement that ‘ Montini 's letter is the single most important document for understanding not only the first session but the whole Vatican Council ’ . |
| 3 | Greece thus offers not only the first instance of this change but also the essential one for any attempt to isolate the cultural consequences of alphabetic literacy ’ ( ibid. p. 42 ) . |
| 4 | Where the case is apt for a Ghosh direction , the whole test must be given not just the first part : Ravenshad [ 1990 ] Crim LR 398 ( CA ) and Brennan [ 1990 ] Crim LR 118 ( CA ) ( on handling ) . |
| 5 | Sandy played absolutely fantastically the first two days , but the greens were very strange and unkind to him . |
| 6 | Pick off just the first flush of flowers from the ever-bearing kinds . |
| 7 | The installation of the other two new cards and their spinning frames is part of a phased operation to minimise disruption but will follow on immediately the first card is completed . |
| 8 | Alexandra climbed carefully up the first side and then leaped from the top on to the grass below . |
| 9 | We can see also how the first sentence has a second phrase using syncopation , which is a distinct change from the first phrase . |
| 10 | It was more a punishment than a kiss and she hated it , but she hated even more the first faint stirring in her blood . |
| 11 | You heard well enough the first time . ’ |
| 12 | that 's where he used to go out there the first one started in December . |
| 13 | Note too how the first sentence rests on D ( part of the dominant chord ) , thus inviting continuation , while the second ends on C , confirming finality . |
| 14 | You will have to explain exactly why the first report was useless , why the particular expert was chosen and why you think that a new expert would come up with a case-winning report . |
| 15 | Some hours later , under a dull red sunset , they were creeping up Kentra Bay in the shadow of Beinn Bhreac , past the bay where they 'd stopped too short the first raid , through the narrow channel to the sheltered pool behind . |