Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bailey was 5–2 down in the first set tie breaker but won five successive points to draw first blood and then broke his rival in both the third and fifth games of the second set for an astounding victory . |
| 2 | Moxon and Kellett ( 87 ) , rattled up 203 together for the first wicket after Yorkshire had been put in to bat . |
| 3 | Mm , but what I ca n't weigh up is there 's nothing wrong together in the first place |
| 4 | The dorsal arm plates are fan shaped and contiguous only on the first 2–3 arm segments , the plates in profile appear to be slightly swollen . |
| 5 | The current , although only slow , should be able to do this easily in the first few seconds before the crust becomes totally waterlogged and is still buoyant enough to counteract the weight of the bullet . |
| 6 | Erm , we 've got to send this off before the first of November though . |
| 7 | Cologne , 2-0 down from the first leg in Belgrade , won through to the quarter-finals with two goals from Goetz , his equaliser coming seven minutes from time , and a last-minute winner from Ordenewitz . |
| 8 | Bates , 5–4 up in the first set tie-break broke a racket string in the middle of the next point and eventually lost the tie-break 7–5 . |
| 9 | LAST year , when the Dublin Tornadoes played the Belfast Spartans , the Tornadoes went 13–0 up in the first two minutes of the game before the Spartans fought back to win 16–13 . |
| 10 | This year the Tornadoes again went 13–0 up in the first two minutes . |
| 11 | Six up from the first leg … |
| 12 | The judgment in the case , Re Letters Rogatory out of the First Civil Court of City of Mexico , is badly flawed but was followed almost without exception for half a century . |
| 13 | On Thursdays I go to music lesson and erm , we have this singing contest erm , we come second out of the first years , and we sung Mole in a Hole . |
| 14 | If you are unable to attend for work for any reason , you must ensure that your immediate Manager is informed before 10 am on the first day of absence so that arrangements can be made to deal with your work . |
| 15 | ‘ Then , if we go ahead with the script , they pay , for the treatment … 50.000,00 then for the first draft … 120.000,00 and for the second draft another 120.000,00 making in all , for the script … 290.000,00 |
| 16 | These talks will all be at the usual time , date and place — 7.30 p.m. on the first Friday of the month , at the Community College , Bishop 's Castle . |
| 17 | These talks will all be at the usual time , date and place — 7.30 p.m. on the first Friday of the month , at the Community College , Bishop 's Castle . |
| 18 | He said : ‘ We were three down after the first leg against Stuttgart , but there was a great feeling we could do it . |
| 19 | The Diadora League minnows could have been three up in the first 20 minutes . |
| 20 | And last time they were involved in a shoot-out , against Notts County in the Zenith Data last year , they missed three out of the first four . |
| 21 | ‘ I became really sick here for the first time and did n't know what was going on , ’ he recalls . |
| 22 | You do n't get better down at the First Spiritualist Church . |
| 23 | He is still trying to shrug off a throat and chest virus , but seems certain to start the game with Wednesday , 3-1 down from the first leg , struggling for striking cover . |
| 24 | Long Valley Lad ( 9.15 ) looks good enough for the first and Kick The Ball ( 9.45 ) has a perfect Trap 6 draw . |
| 25 | Implementation of the plan and evaluation are so closely intertwined that the four-section cycle is redrawn to highlight the regular to-and-fro between the first ( ‘ sustain commitment ’ ) and the second ( ‘ check progress ’ ) which leads to ‘ overcome problems ’ and then ‘ check successes ’ . |
| 26 | Kaiserslautern , 3-1 up from the first leg of this second round tie , twice hit Trevor Francis 's team on the break in the second half . |
| 27 | But we might be experimental enough to spring people into other ideas , which is what it was all about in the first place . |
| 28 | This dread of receiving a telegram was something our parents knew all about from the First World War , and here was history repeating itself . |
| 29 | The acrobatics need a great deal of skill but anyone fancying a ride need n't worry if they have a weak stomach , they 'll probably leave that behind after the first manouvre anyway . |
| 30 | And then what would we do with so that 's the first pizza that 's dealt with and they got a piece like that out of the first one . |