Example sentences of "[be] on the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm on the first flight to Milan in the morning . ’ |
| 2 | Oh I do n't , I just , I remember that er if you walked down er Road at night you 'd see him with his mortar board on and his curate by his side coming down to post the letters , and then when all these ladies were in Sammy shop one night being entertained by Sammy erm Father and his curate went by , and old Sammy turned round to the audience and said well if dressing up will get him anywhere they 'll be on the first row in heaven . |
| 3 | The required accommodation was a residence for a family of five and the new owner requested that the living accommodation should be on the first floor to take advantage of the splendid views to the west over the Cherwell Valley . |
| 4 | The CO 's office where he was learning the job of Assistant Adjutant happened to be on the first floor of an empty house in Cadogan Gardens . |
| 5 | Holbrecht advocated a mix of social classes in the same building ; his outline was for a single apartment to be on the first floor of a typical building ; for two apartments each on the Erdstock , the second storey and the third storey , and for three apartments on the fourth floor , as well as smaller flats on the ground floor and in the courtyard . |
| 6 | I 'll be on the first flight on Sunday . |
| 7 | ‘ If there is any trouble , we will be on the first plane home ’ |
| 8 | The exhibits are on the first floor . |
| 9 | Types A1 and B1 are on the first floor with terrace , Types A2 and B2 are on the ground floor with patio . |
| 10 | Type A studios for 2–3 people are on the ground floor , Type B two-bedroomed apartments for 4–5 people are on the first floor . |
| 11 | If you are on the first field of an option and you press BACKSPACE , an error message is reported at the foot of the page . |
| 12 | We were there , too , as we have been on the first weekend of June in each of the past four years ; the roistering boys whose fever for drink and song has been jaded , ever so slightly , by contemplation of middle age and the fingering of indigestion tablets . |
| 13 | He was thankful that the lightweight suit and polo shirt had been on the first hanger to hand . |
| 14 | ( This is not the present ladies ' room but is believed to have been on the first floor of the main clubhouse where it was known to be in the 1940 's at least ) . |
| 15 | While Horsley had been cavorting about at Oxford , he had been on the first rung of an entirely different social ladder , as a solicitor 's clerk . |
| 16 | Improvement ensued under Tub LM1 ( again taken from a 5ml dropper bottle ) although the patient commented that the wheeziness was n't as clear as it had been on the first Phosphorus . |
| 17 | Ltd were on the first floor of a substantial building , near Allhallows Church . |
| 18 | Nigel 's arrangement of the white slaves , as he called the domestic machines , positioned as they were on the first floor , entailed many journeys upstairs to inspect their progress . |
| 19 | The Duke 's rooms were on the first floor , in the new buildings of the castle , and Antoinette 's room was on the same floor . |
| 20 | George 's rooms were on the first floor ; they had the traditional stolidity of a steak and kidney pie and were much the same colour . |
| 21 | The Rye are proof that this idea works : they were on the first tour two years ago and are now probably the hottest property in the region . |
| 22 | The first two rounds were on the first day of the Championships , and I cruised them comfortably . |
| 23 | Now The Trust Deed and rules were asked for prior to their consent and the company made it clear that they would not be available until after the new scheme commenced on the first October nineteen ninety and indeed it was some eight days later on the ninth October at er Trustee meeting that the company presented the Trust Deed and rules and it was resolved that the Committee of Management would er transfer all the close scheme members er into the new nineteen ninety scheme and er the same Trustees appointed themselves er Trustees of the nineteen ninety scheme and one hour later were the presentation of a draft deed amending the British Steel Pension Scheme and a draft interim Trust Deed establishing the British Steel Pension Scheme in nineteen ninety and a draft Trust Deed and rules of the British Steel Pension Scheme of nineteen ninety were tabled for noting ; and those very Trustees that were on the first meeting agreed to transfer the assets to the new scheme , set as Trustees of the new scheme one hour later , accepted the assets and er without er seeking either legal or actuarial advice and in this case er Watsons were advisors to the company to the old scheme Trustees and to the new scheme Trustees . |
| 24 | That 's on the first question . |
| 25 | Your room 's on the first floor . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ She 's on the first floor . ’ |
| 27 | But could we please be told just a little bit more about Compus course , er run by Horizon , that 's mentioned in the last paragraph , erm on the , on green one , it 's on the first page . |
| 28 | I think he 's thirty eight , and he 's on the first team . |
| 29 | He 's on the first team today . |
| 30 | Our room is on the first floor . |