Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] the first [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And they gave thanks when the first buds appeared in spring . |
| 2 | Two years later the first monuments were taken into care , and many more followed . |
| 3 | Nearly a thousand years ago the first settlers made the Glemmtal valley their home , and ever since they 've made a point of extending a warm welcome to all-comers . |
| 4 | If we assume that the customer has paid for the goods then the first entries would have been to increase the bank by £600 and include in the profit and 1088 account sales of £600 . |
| 5 | Pleased , that is , until I discovered that I had forgotten to bring the tea bags — the subsequent ‘ Well , why did n't you bring them then 's , ‘ Why is it always my fault 's reminded me of the Quentin Crisp line that marriage was impossible for him because he could not have tolerated an endless succession of mornings when the first words he heard were , ‘ And another thing ’ — and that there were no birds . |
| 6 | Torches were already flaring on the castle walls when the first wagons carrying the dismantled mangonels rumbled across the drawbridge . |