Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The argument is that school-leavers are mainly only temporarily unemployed and in the first few months of work are likely to switch jobs as they search for the ones that suit them best . |
| 2 | So he decides to be cautious and for the first few laps , he just sits and waits . |
| 3 | Early on a wet Sunday morning outside Yaroslavl station , in the centre of Moscow , my journey was complete and for the first time in 10 days I was alone . |
| 4 | I was totally conscious and for the first time since my labour started I felt relaxed . |
| 5 | But the question had been unwelcome and for the first time some of his cockiness seemed to have drained from him . |
| 6 | " The neighbourhood was not very populous and during the first three days our visitors were few , some children from the village below , a gypsy woman or two with dark eyes , who carried of a few halfpence , and perhaps a chance passer by . |
| 7 | Their direction was poor and in the first 12 overs they conceded 12 wides and no-balls , so it was an unexpected bonus when Donald , with the last delivery in his first spell of four overs , had Haynes caught at backward square-leg . |
| 8 | The equaliser brought more boost to Town , than United and for the first time in the game , the Oxford goal was under pressure . |
| 9 | He never came to the hotel drunk and for the first time for years worked almost to a routine . |
| 10 | He 'd been making some records but they were n't successful and for the first few weeks after I 'd met him and decided to work with him , I was listening to songs that he 'd written , and was in the process of writing , and came to the conclusion that he was not essentially a singles artist . |
| 11 | His patience was dwindling and for the first time in four years of marriage she could see he was on the point of losing his temper . |