Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb base] the first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though tragically killed in a recent motorbike accident , Madra was an undisputed maestro of the art , as well as an easy and informative friend whom I had known for some time , so it was a shock to witness the epic genius which came through him , and the transformation which both he and his audience underwent in that open village square the first time I saw him perform . |
| 2 | We 've got , sorry , at what point do the first bits go ? |
| 3 | Let him who has never lifted the seam of a cricket ball cast the first stone . ’ |
| 4 | His magnificent second innings 133 , plus a top score the first time around , has served to magnify the glaring deficiencies in the batting line-up . |
| 5 | Hartlepool 's Procession host the first show at the Empire in Middlesbrough on Monday ; Hug take the tour to Newcastle Poly on March 2 , and on March 5 the Poppyfield bring it to Perry 's in Darlington where the Autumn Divers will also be on the bill . |
| 6 | To start the game give the first player the bottle or jar and ask him to hold it on his head . |
| 7 | Other works to be performed in the concert include the first performance of Martin Read 's soprano saxophone piece The Numbers Game , which will be performed by Alex Forsyth — the college saxophone teacher . |
| 8 | The orchestra finish the first half of the programme with Mendelssohn 's String Symphony No 11 in F. The Priory Singers , under their director Harry Grindle , perform some unaccompanied choral pieces before joining with the Ensemble for Schubert 's Mass in G major — perfect music for the perfect acoustic of the Elmwood Hall . |
| 9 | To illustrate Jakobson 's approach to these texts , let us take his analysis ( with L.G. Jones ) of Shakespeare 's Sonnet cxxix , ‘ Th'Expence of Spirit ’ ( 1970 ) : The analysis considers in turn the following relationships of equivalence and contrast ( which evidently depends on and emphasizes equivalence ) in the poem ( the spelling and punctuation follow the first edition ) : ( 1 ) those which oppose the first seven lines to the last seven ; ( 2 ) those which are constant features of the text as a whole ; ( 3 ) those which oppose strophes I and III to II and IV ; ( 4 ) those which oppose strophes I and IV to ( I and III ( the outer and the inner ) ; ( 5 ) those which oppose strophes I and II to III and IV ; ( 6 ) those which oppose the final couplet to the rest of the poem ; and ( 7 ) those which oppose the middle couplet ( lines 7 and 8 ) to the rest of the poem . |
| 10 | Aldershot , Farnham & District AC promote the first Rushmoor Summer Double — two 10K road races at Rushmoor Arena , one on Wednesday , June 17th and the other on Wednesday , July 29th . |
| 11 | The authors of this perfervid , crowded adventure use the first person device to plot the course of Kemp 's feelings concurrently with the bold actions in which he is conventionally heroic . |
| 12 | Moomintroll and the Snork Maiden feel the first flutterings of love and , for once , we are offered a complete family ( the Victorian habit of removing one , or both , parents was a convention that survived into Ransome 's time ) . |
| 13 | ‘ Let those that are without sin cast the first stone . ’ |
| 14 | Let he who is without sin cast the first stone , I may be hearing you say . |
| 15 | Why might a computer designer choose the first scheme ? |