Example sentences of "[verb] [noun prp] in the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Was n't that partly the reason why she had agreed to see André in the first place ? |
| 2 | The Democratic Convention also won the mayoralties of the important cities of Brasov , Constanta , Ploiesti , Sibiu and Arad ( having won Timisoara in the first round , with 64 per cent of votes ) . |
| 3 | In July 1990 , the then New Zealand Minister for Tourism and Disarmament and Arms Control , Fran Wilde , visited Fiji in the first direct contact between the two countries since the coups of 1987 . |
| 4 | The 24-year-old Bromborough plus one man moves in at the expense of Royal Liverpool 's Ian Farrall , who is the only one out of the team which beat Cumbria in the first league match at Seascale . |
| 5 | Unpublished figures from Her Majesty 's Inspectorate of Pollution ( HMIP ) , Greenpeace says , indicate that 22,580 tons of toxic waste entered Britain in the first six months of this year . |
| 6 | Bates , who beat Byron Black of Zimbabwe 3–6 6–3 7–5 in his first round match , can find comfort , too , in Wilkinson 's victory because he is due to meet Frana in the first round at Wimbledon . |
| 7 | Mr Mubarak said he had accepted an invitation from President Bill Clinton to visit Washington in the first half of April . |
| 8 | Remember , they only missed out on meeting Copenhagen in the first round proper by 0.3 of a point . |
| 9 | It was Mr Duggan 's vision that secured Eurovision in the first place for Millstreet , against the odds . |
| 10 | He received a ban some years ago for losing his temper while playing in that veritable hive of provocation known as Australian grade cricket , and this latest ruckus began , apparently , when Marcus Wight ( whose father , the umpire , Peter , should have taught him better ) proffered a few choice words of his won upon dismissing Ramprakash in the first innings . |
| 11 | Immediately afterwards , during the first Test , Canterbury met ND in the first of two top-of-the-table clashes within a fortnight . |
| 12 | Now as England prepare to play Canada in the first ( non-World Cup ) international in the multi-coloured , all-singing and all-dancing strip ( with the natty little colour bit on the shorts ) — the first change since March 27th 1871 — let no-one say we did not mourn its passing . |
| 13 | The Royal Academy shows Calder in the first British show for thirty years |
| 14 | FC Copenhagen , who were due to play Tbilisi in the first round proper , have no doubt that Linfield will now be their opponents — in Belfast on Wednesday week . |
| 15 | FC Copenhagen , who were due to play Tbilisi in the first round proper , have no doubt that Linfield will now be their opponents — in Belfast on Wednesday week . |
| 16 | ‘ And do n't forget , you were the one who contacted Mike in the first place . |
| 17 | LABOUR must fight to put Britain in the First Division of Europe , said Mr Smith . |
| 18 | Andy Robinson 's side may be a blend of the old and the new , but they still look like the side to beat again after demolishing Nottingham in the first round and drawing last year 's losing finalists , Northampton , in the quarter-finals . |
| 19 | There were , I found myself thinking , a hell of a lot of people called Roger in the First Spiritualist Church . |
| 20 | The roughness and sheer wild irrationality of Lewis 's domestic persona were matched by the genuinely warm-hearted impulse which had led him to befriend Havard in the first place . |
| 21 | She remembered the fights she had had to keep Eve in the first place , when so many other solutions were being offered . |
| 22 | ‘ We 've learned a lot since Belfast , ’ said Liubinskas who spent a year as assistant manager of AC Milan , favourites to win the European Cup with a victory over Marseille , the multi-talented French side which eliminated Glentoran in the first round . |
| 23 | She represented Austria in the first European Women 's Bridge Championship of 1935 ( winning it , and the next in 1936 ) . |
| 24 | Winners from last year 's northern finals went on to represent Britain in the first world championships in London . |
| 25 | After all , she had signed Sting in the first place ( she had even given him a list of music-business lawyers to consult at the time , but he had used the Newcastle lawyer because he was cheaper ) . |
| 26 | In the under-16 tournament , three players , captain Fiona Greenham , Jane Money and Jemima Riley , remain from last year 's squad , who play Scotland in the first game . |
| 27 | Mr Ashdown , campaigning in north Wales , raised the stakes on electoral reform by saying that his precondition for talks would be legislation to implement PR in the first session of Parliament . |
| 28 | And thereupon the said Lords Spirituall and Temporall and Commons pursuant to their respective letters and Elections being now assembled in a full and free representative of this nation taking into their most serious consideration the best meanes for atteyneing the ends aforesaid Doe in the first place ( as their Ancestors in like Case have usually done ) for the vindicating and asserting their antient rights and Liberties , Declare . |
| 29 | Kelly was excellent though he was mighty lucky to get away with tugging Giggs in the first minute . |
| 30 | ‘ I might have died , you mean , ’ said Julia in the first lawyerly voice of her convalescence and then was sorry when she saw his face . |