Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] the first [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He may with good reason be regarded as the first of that long line of professional civil servants who did more than any others to make and destroy the medieval Church : they were professional administrators , equipped to forward the interests of government not by main force but by negotiation amidst the intricate issues of law and theology ; men of international standing , retaining the respect of their opponents , and not too hatefully or too personally involved in the cause which they were required to maintain . |
| 2 | And you , my dear Mary , respected though your name is — you are insufficiently regarded as the first of that invaluable breed , preceeding them by at least one whole generation ! |
| 3 | When it is the first day , put your hands down while we 're ex while I 'm explaining this , when you say when it 's the first day of any month whether it 's the first of February or the first of April or the first of December , instead of say you say this word you say for the first of the month |
| 4 | As the chubby fallen cherub howls into the first of three solo shows with a head-down run through purely Pixies material , it 's all a bit like coming across the devil conducting a cheery pub singalong . |
| 5 | As the chubby fallen cherub howls into the first of three solo shows with a head-down run through purely Pixies material , it 's all a bit like coming across the devil conducting a cheery pub singalong . |
| 6 | They were made to stand and wait in the first of these . |
| 7 | The other one was that they would be th the direct debit re-present on the first of April would be running one day late erm which , as a consequence , means that the recall re-presents would come back one day late . |
| 8 | He 's written Clare 's room , wallpapered on the first of June , that 's a bit optimistic , by Helen and Alistair . |
| 9 | A second tricky little pattern was appearing beside the first on Alice 's form . |
| 10 | At least 37 deaths were reported on the first of three days of polling . |
| 11 | The only point I felt w you know we mentioned the other day that if , if there 's a rise say on the first of April then you wan na get in a couple of months before then . |
| 12 | The fleet had gone east to Lantic Bay that day , and the first boats were already returning on the first of the ebb . |
| 13 | Many people would claim that the role of science is confined to the first of these and that theoretical physics will have achieved its goal when we have obtained a complete set of local physical laws . |
| 14 | He presided over the first of a series of discussions on how the Council could further the cause of integration . |
| 15 | We will know by the first of April this year rather more than we know at the moment but you 're right it can go up and down , but there are lots of budgets in Social Services which are subject to this and it 's part of our job to try and manage that during the course of the year . |
| 16 | Diane stopped by the first of the mounds , not too close , and waited for Aldridge to catch up . |
| 17 | Corgi 's answer to All the Sweet Promises , a long , absorbing , atmospheric Second World War tale of four different girls meeting as the first of the WAAFS and contributing courageously to the fight . |
| 18 | Erm I think accounts are gon na be pushed f pushed for the first of March . |
| 19 | On his death ten years later , he was succeeded as leader of the community by one of his companions , Abu Bakr , who later became seen as the first of a line of caliphs ( khulafa in Arabic ) . |
| 20 | He gestured towards the first of a long row of recuperation pods , where Christine LaFayette 's face was visible through a clear plastic window . |
| 21 | Erm , she actually traced back calls on the station log and it was done from the first of October nineteen ninety two to the thirtieth of September nineteen ninety three and during that time we had over five thousand three hundred and thirty calls , of which one thousand one hundred and sixty six originated from , so that is erm twenty point three percent of the calls received at police station and were held on came from , which is quite a lot . |
| 22 | And on Monday the panel — including doctors , nutritionists , dieticians and beauty experts — arrives in the first of six cities , ready to give confidential FREE advice to suit your individual needs . |
| 23 | The collection totals approximately 150 items comprising an historical survey of first-class material ranging from the first to the nineteenth century AD . |
| 24 | PORTAFERRY is featured in the first of the six-part series Once Upon A Place ( UTV , 7.00pm ) in which local people tell the story of their own area . |
| 25 | Soon he came upon the first of the Regent 's horsemen , Douglases to a man , riding back and forward , to form a cordon cutting off the castle . |
| 26 | Three miles below the village they came upon the first of the hallowed plantations of Father Noah . |
| 27 | Todedo 's 168 pieces of Roman mould-blown glass , dating from the first to sixth centuries AD , constitute the world 's largest and finest collection of examples of this technique . |
| 28 | The exhibition spans the period from 3,000 BC to the sixteenth century , with most of the exhibits dating from the first to the third century AD . |
| 29 | : It can be seen from the first of the above tables that the mean coverage given by the second level ( 8% ) is just over half that of the first level ( 14% ) . |
| 30 | He slowed as he came to the first of the two rows , leaning across the dashboard in order to be able to see up the slope . |