Example sentences of "[verb] [subord] [prep] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Extract 7 , from B-4 , on the other hand , the overlapping talk does not commence until after the first part of Brenda 's Creole stretch . |
| 2 | It was a terrible disappointment , my heart sank as for the first time I detected a stiffness in Leo 's voice . |
| 3 | In 1965 the clash was more marked because for the first time the EEC was seriously attempting to inaugurate a common policy . |
| 4 | If the sense of the magnetic field is irrelevant , but the same physics applies as for the first reversal , the pole that starts at the North Geographic Pole must once again pass through the Americas . |
| 5 | If it is pressed while on the first input field of a line , then the cursor will be placed on the last input field of the previous line . |
| 6 | Furthermore , if it is pressed while on the first input field of the first line of a scrolled area , then it has the same effect as EXIT SCROLLED AREA BACKWARDS , described below . |
| 7 | Mrs Belgrove , a 32-year-old agricultural graduate , started by hacking down trees and giant weeds , under which were plants such as sedum and aquilegia which had been hidden since before the First World War . |
| 8 | It is necessary before undertaking an analysis of whether a restraint in a particular case is reasonable to decide whether in the first place the doctrine has any part to play . |
| 9 | Neil Cochrane 's mouth tightened when for the first time Sally-Anne saw his face plain , and reacted by controlling her own , so that the shock which she had received was only momentarily shown . |
| 10 | Their own experiences at the Front , and the fact that in many of their villages and townships heavier losses had already been recorded than in the First World War , contradicted what Hitler had had to say . |
| 11 | Regular air services , by aeroplane , did not start until after the First World War . |
| 12 | An initiation for prisoners had been established where for the first week officers were encouraged to violently beat and humiliate the new prisoner in nauseous ways . |
| 13 | Between 1912 and 1930 their most successful period was 1914–18 when all football was suspended because of the First World War . |