Example sentences of "[prep] [prep] the first [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If , if you look at their work , for about the first hundred years after all of them , their work was widely , er , disparaged and rejected . |
| 2 | Choose a factor 8–10 for about the first five days , but be guided by sun intensity and location . |
| 3 | Harrington 's fortunes rose steeply for about the first 150 generations . |
| 4 | For about the first 12 years of its existence the centre was carried on as an unincorporated organisation . |
| 5 | No you 're not but in fact studies show after about the first ten minutes , people are n't absorbing much anyway |
| 6 | Erm and much of the point he 's making I think he 's covering , if you look closely , the resolution that we put , I should at this stage say I do accept the er the Charles suggested to start with into the first two lines . |
| 7 | Dickins had had nothing more than a back pass and a free-kick to deal with in the first 30 minutes but showed signs of nervousness when Bull challenged for a Birch free-kick . |
| 8 | There 's little Bill Ward has n't turned his hand to in the first sixty years … from Tragic opera … to Singing puppets |